Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Russia has resulted in the signing of multiple documents aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation, particularly in investment and trade. The visit underscores the deepening economic partnership between Beijing and Moscow against a backdrop of global geopolitics.

As part of the trade war with China, the Trump administration has raised tariffs on products that Chinese companies had been selling direct to consumers tariff-free through the "de minimis exemption." Through the deal reached earlier this week, those duties have been brought down a bit, but remain

As one positive element emerging from last weekend's bilateral talks, China has agreed to suspend or remove some non-tariff retaliatory measures, although the specific measures that are covered have not been identified yet. Meanwhile, a number of tariff and non-tariff measures, including export control and sanctions measures, will

Surprising many people who were skeptical that the tariffs could come down so much in such a short time, China and the U.S. have reached an agreement to suspend most of the tariffs and other trade restrictions in effect between them arising from Trump's "reciprocal tariffs&

After two days of what they referred to as "candid, in-depth and constructive" negotiations, the Chinese and U.S. governments said they had reached what one Chinese media outlet described as an "important consensus," most notably agreeing to establish a new bilateral consultation mechanism. Details are

In a communication related to an upcoming General Council meeting, China has laid out its "Stability, Development and Reform" agenda for the WTO. The statement is clearly intended as a response to recent trade actions taken by the Trump administration, and could lead to a contentious discussion at

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * CTM review of EV tariffs affecting Chinese exports * Private Economy Promotion law * Anti-dumping duties on chemicals from India * New market access list * Upcoming China-U.S. trade meeting in Switzerland In the U.S.: * Congressional hearing discusses restrictions on investment in