According to a Geneva-based trade official, at yesterday's meeting of the WTO's Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Committee, several issues related to Chinese subsidies/countervailing duties and Chinese concerns with other countries' subsidies/countervailing duties were discussed.

Chinese officials outlined a series of policy measures to stabilize the economy amid trade friction with the United States, putting more emphasis on domestic consumption, market diversification, services trade, and new investment.

Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its Special 301 report "on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights," repeating many of its long-standing complaints about Chinese policies and practices in this area.

Over the weekend, China's market regulator warned against any actions to circumvent the ongoing antitrust investigation on the CK Hutchison port purchase.

At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Market Access on November 19 and 20, 2024, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated, WTO Members discussed China's Export Control Law and "restrictions on trade in strategic products."

With the World Trade Organization's (WTO) dispute settlement system effectively sidelined in U.S.-China disputes, other mechanisms in international law may serve as a legal basis for China to retaliate against U.S. tariffs and other discriminatory measures, a Chinese lawyer argues.

Last week, Toyota and the Shanghai government signed a deal to build a new EV plant in the Jinshan District of Shanghai.