This month, China's Customs issued multiple documents that would pave the way for more Iranian aquatic products, dairy products, and apples to be sold in China. This came after a state visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to China in mid-February.

In an interview from earlier in February, Ambassador Fu Cong, Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, offered some insights into official Chinese government thinking on the following issues: other countries' economic relationships with Taiwan, restrictions on trade in Chinese products due to labor/human rights concerns, the

Last Friday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued its 21st report on China's compliance with "commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), including both multilateral commitments and any bilateral commitments made to the United States." The

China's internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), recently issued the rules on standard contracts used for personal data exports. Companies will have until December 1, 2023 to bring their existing practice into full compliance. A template of a standard contract is attached to the rules, with

At a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) event last week, Melanie Hart, Senior Advisor for China and the Indo-Pacific in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, discussed issues related to Chinese economic coercion. In addition, a bipartisan group of

Last week, two Democratic Florida state legislators announced that they had introduced legislation that would "block the purchase or acquisition of real property by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and any related third party, in locations close to military bases and locations deemed to be strategic assets in the

Last week, the U.S. government announced sanctions on five more Chinese firms for their contribution to Russia's military and defense industry.