A bicameral, bipartisan group of members of Congress has introduced legislation to "protect America’s agricultural industry from improper foreign investment," with Chinese farmland purchases as a key target.

In our fourth post on documents related to U.S.-China negotiations on China's accession to the GATT/WTO, we describe comments by USTR officials on a draft accession protocol presented by China.

This week, the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a debate on the following proposition: "China can work with the United States to provide cooperative global economic leadership to help the world economy function effectively." Two experts made arguments for and against the proposition.

The Chinese government has sped up regulatory approval on foreign financial service business in recent months, after an official vowed last year to do more to "attract more outstanding international companies and talents to China's capital market."

At a meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade this week, members of Parliament, the EU Trade Commissioner, and a representative of the European Council all weighed in on EU-Taiwan trade and investment issues.

U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen's recent statements on China being a "barrier" to resolving the debt issues in Zambia provoked a harsh response from the Chinese government.

Last week, a British judge ruled against a claim by human rights groups that the UK government was not taking appropriate action under specific UK statutes to address concerns about products made in Xinjiang with forced labor.