During U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit to China last week, Chinese officials reiterated concerns about "U.S. economic sanctions and suppression," and asked the U.S. to take actions in response.

As the EU seeks to work out a way forward in its economic relations with China, dealing with related security and rights issues as well, its key member states are also having internal discussions on these issues. Germany is the largest economy in the EU and its position on these

This builds on an existing ban on Japanese food since 2011.

China's customs agency released trade data for June today, showing that trade in both directions is falling compared to last year, with imports outperforming exports.

News reports indicate that China is taking an additional month to review the tariffs on Australian barley that were the subject of a WTO dispute, and which China recently agreed to review.

At the April 3 and 4, 2023 meeting of the WTO Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes have now been circulated, a number of issues were raised by China in relation to other Members (including the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and semiconductor subsidies/export controls), and

The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) is taking action to investigate Nike Canada Corp. and Dynasty Gold Corp. for allegedly using forced Uyghur labor in their supply chains and operations, after the companies declined to enter into mediation over the complaints.