At the G7 meetings in Canada, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered remarks that sought to unify G7 countries in an effort to push back against Chinese economic policies and practices. To some extent, her comments may have been designed to reduce tensions in economic relations with the

At a ministerial meeting between leaders from China and African countries last week, China detailed substantial financial and trade commitments to African countries, including tariff-free status for 53 African countries having diplomatic relations with China. The initiatives are part of Beijing's ongoing efforts to strengthen its partnership with

Last week, the U.S. and EU both took new anti-dumping/countervailing duty actions against Chinese imports, with the U.S. Department of Commerce initiating investigations against plywood from China, and the European Commission imposing duties on imports of vanillin from China.

The Taiwanese government added Chinese firms Huawei and SMIC to its export control entity list, a move likely to provoke a strong reaction from Beijing.

Last week, Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators met in London, and announced that they had agreed to a "framework" of an agreement, focusing on implementing the previous deal agreed to in Geneva. Details remain sparse, and in this piece CTM goes through some key issues and questions.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * U.S.-China trade talks in London In China: * Updates on China’s anti-dumping investigation on EU pork * MOFCOM comments on trade data, China-U.S. talks, and export control policies * Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei comments on U.S. export controls, technology and

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, a Republican Senator and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed the general outlook for China-U.S. trade relations and negotiations, as well as the specific issue of fentanyl and how the Chinese government should deal with it.