In November, we wrote about the European Commission imposing anti-dumping duties ranging from 19.7% to 44% on imports of optical fibre cables from China. Yesterday, the European Commission announced countervailing duties on the same products.

At an event hosted by the Peterson Institute today, World Bank President David Malpass offered some thoughts on the role of World Bank lending to China, an issue on which he previously weighed in as a Treasury Department official during the Trump administration.

In July, we wrote about China's request for consultations at the WTO on AD/CVD measures by Australia against several Chinese products: wind towers, stainless steels sinks, and railway wheels. China has now filed a panel request in that dispute.

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), chairman of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, has introduced legislation that will, among other things, exclude products from certain non-market economy countries from de minimis treatment under U.S. trade laws.

China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao recently wrote an article emphasizing the importance of opening up and international cooperation. He also said China will push for fully opening the agriculture and manufacturing sectors and gradually opening telecommunications and medical care.

In September, we wrote about a legal challenge by telecom company China Mobile to a Canadian government order, issued on the basis of national security concerns, that it sell off or wind down its Canadian investments. Last month, a Canadian court rejected this challenge. This piece summarizes some of the

Following up on our recent post about Chinese trade data for 2021, this post looks at trade trends for a sampling of Chinese trading partners.