The European Commission has unveiled an overhaul of its cybersecurity laws that grants Brussels the power to ban "high-risk" technology vendors from the market, potentially excluding Chinese firms in tech sectors.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. During a visit to China by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Canada and China were able to work through some of their trade conflicts and reach an apparent truce.  Speaking at the World Economic Forum this week, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng

At the meeting of the WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on October 28, 2025, for which the minutes were recently circulated, the U.S. pressed China on more details of subsidies provided as part of its "First Set Technology Equipment Programme."

Speaking at the World Economic Forum this week, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said that Beijing "wants to buy, but others are unwilling to sell," blaming the growing "securitization" of trade for its trade imbalances. He vowed Beijing would keep its markets open and help close

In a recent anti-dumping determination, the European Commission has, for the first time, invoked the concept of "economic security" as part of its reasoning in a case.

Earlier this month, China announced new safeguard measures on beef imports, establishing strict tariff-rate-quotas for major trading partners. The impact of the new quotas varies significantly by country, with Brazil taking the largest hit.

China has fundamentally reshaped the geopolitical and economic landscape of Eurasia, officially overtaking Russia to become the largest trading partner of the five Central Asian nations, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.