The EU Foreign Affairs Council met on Thursday to talk about trade issues, with China trade as one of the items on the agenda.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * A speech by the Chinese premier about stabilizing the economy, trade talks with Switzerland and Pacific Island countries, and two Chinese Customs announcements. * Taiwan's efforts to stop talent leaving for the mainland, and Taiwanese trade talks with the EU and

Australia-China relations have deteriorated in recent years, with several formal trade complaints being heard at the WTO, and other disputes taking place in a more informal way. In addition, disagreements and heated rhetoric between the two governments on non-trade issues have spilled over into the economic sphere. After the recent

The annual EU-Taiwan Trade and Investment Dialogue (TID) took place today, with discussions of "economic, trade and investment challenges and trends currently affecting the global economy."

The United States and Taiwan announced today that they would launch a new initiative on bilateral trade issues. In the absence of a free trade agreement, which does not appear likely any time soon, this could end up being the most significant formal bilateral trade-related negotiation between the two governments

A long-standing China-Philippines dispute over fishing in disputed waters has flared up again, with the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) filing an official protest against a Chinese fishing ban.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter yesterday to the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), criticizing the DFC for focusing on progressive goals and ignoring its mission of "counter[ing] the Chinese Communist Party’s Belt and Road Initiative."