In a recent interview with China Daily, Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei addressed the impact of tightening U.S. chip-related export controls, emphasizing the company's focus on resilience, innovation, and long-term strategic development. He also highlighted openness and rule of law as crucial for private firms to thrive.

Last month, Japan and China reached an agreement to restart Japanese seafood exports to China under a new safety verification system, marking a potential thaw in their trade dispute.

After the recent Canadian election, Canada's national and provincial leaders have focused on plans to increase inter-provincial trade and deal with economic threats from the United States, but improving trade relations with China and dealing with trade irritants have also been important issues.

Last week, European Union trade chief Maros Šefčovič and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met in France and made progress on the EU anti-subsidy case on Chinese EVs, China's anti-dumping case on EU brandy, and China's rare earth export control policies, according to officials from China&

Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department issued its semiannual report to Congress on "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States." As has been the usual practice in recent years, China was not found to be a currency manipulator, but was kept

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * China-U.S. trade spat over implementation of the Geneva agreement and export controls In China: * April export data for controlled rare earths * Alarm over auto price war  In the U.S.: * Senator's letter calling for investigation of Chinese-linked trucking company

At the Brussels Economic Security Forum today, European Commission officials and other experts offered comments and perspectives on EU-China economic relations and China's participation in the WTO.