As a follow up to the Macron-Xi meeting earlier this month, the Chinese government recently started the domestic process of allowing more French food imports, and moved ahead with the regulatory process for two French GI applications.

At the November 2022 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes were recently circulated, several issues related to trade with China were raised for the first time (including U.S. subsidies on clean energy and semiconductors), and various other previously raised issues

In a call with journalists yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai was asked two questions specifically about trade with China, and in her responses confirmed what she and others in the Biden administration have been saying: "decoupling" with China is not their goal.

During a recent press conference, Vice Minister of China's Ministry of Commerce Wang Shouwen, after highlighting the benefits of China being part of the CPTPP, expressed hope that all members would support China's accession and stated that "China is capable of fulfilling its obligations under

Virginia's Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, who has been talked about as a possible 2024 U.S. presidential candidate, visited Taiwan this week, and during the trip Virginia and Taiwan signed an MOU for economic cooperation. In addition, Youngkin signed an executive order establishing an office for economic development

As part of a report on "CPTPP: opportunities and challenges for the UK" that was published today, the UK House of Commons International Trade Committee considered the implications of China’s accession to the CPTPP.

China's tariff commission announced today that starting on May 1, 60 types of goods from Nicaragua will be tariff free. This is part of an early agreement reached between the two governments, as a precursor of a more comprehensive trade agreement for which the negotiations are ongoing.