China's securities regulator is currently soliciting public comments on a recently issued draft of measures on cybersecurity issues in the securities and futures sector. The comments are due by May 29.

A new policy brief from the Boston University Global Development Center looks at Chinese loans to Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting a recent decline and possible shift towards foreign direct investment instead.

In a recent interview with Forbes journalist Russell Flannery, Qin Gang, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, answered questions about China-U.S. economic and trade ties.

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill at the end of April calling for both confrontation and competition with China.

A draft text of the WTO TRIPS Waiver, which is designed to facilitate production of Covid-19 medicines in developing countries, has language that could exclude China from its scope. At a WTO meeting on Friday, China raised objections to specific aspects of that language.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * A draft of China's Export Control Law, new rules on foreign-invested telecom companies, tariff cuts on coal, and imports of aquatic products from Kenya. * A new list of Chinese companies subject to delisting on U.S. stock markets, details

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently added nearly 90 companies in the technology, biotech, airline and auto sectors to its list of companies that fail to comply with U.S. auditing requirements and are therefore subject to possible delisting.