Following up on a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterparts in February, and an invitation issued then to meet in person in China, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell announced today that he was visiting China to discuss various trade issues with his Chinese counterparts.

Recent news reports suggest that Italy is considering leaving the BRI, and will make a final decision by the end of the year. This move may be mainly symbolic though, with limited economic impact, just as the original decision by Italy to join the BRI was.

In our eighth post on documents related to U.S.-China negotiations on China's accession to the GATT/WTO, we describe the U.S. thinking about a meeting of the GATT Working Party on China's Accession towards the end of 1989.

The state of Florida has enacted a law with broad restrictions on government officials and individuals from certain countries, including China, purchasing real estate.

A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) highlights concerns over China's growing engagement with Africa in relation to this new agreement.

In a regulatory update that appears to respond to controversy over a planned Chinese investment in a corn wet milling plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the U.S. Treasury Department is proposing to add eight new military bases to a list that restricts foreign investment in U.S. real

Last week, various members of Congress raised the issue of labor rights abuses in the supply chains of SHEIN and several and other companies, writing to both U.S. government agencies and the companies themselves.