German Chancellor Friedrich Merz just finished his two-day state visit to China this week with both sides vowing to deepen economic ties while airing sharp differences over trade imbalances, security concerns and fair competition.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration issued long-awaited interim rules to block Chinese companies from accessing billions of dollars in U.S. clean energy tax credits, as part of the implementation of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

After appealing the panel report in the dispute over its Renewable Energy Tax Credits, the U.S. used a WTO meeting to complain about the ineffectiveness of WTO rules for disciplining China's non-market practices.

Yesterday, China's Ministry of Commerce sanctioned 40 Japanese firms across the aerospace, defense, and heavy industrial sectors under its export control laws, enforcing stricter licensing requirements or outright bans.

At a meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body today, a panel was established to hear China's complaint against Indian subsidies in the battery and auto sectors.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed multiple lawsuits in state court against Chinese companies, with the third one being against Lorex Technology Inc. and Lorex Corporation (collectively "Lorex") "for selling cameras manufactured, sourced, and serviced by Dahua, a military company associated with the Chinese Communist Party

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce said that it is still weighing the implications of a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs, while closely monitoring new tariff developments.