As another follow-up on China's implementation of the recent agreement with the United States, China suspended port fees on American-owned/operated vessels and lifted sanctions against five U.S. subsidiaries of the Korean shipbuilder Hanwha. Simultaneously, Beijing announced a major new regulatory move, placing 13 additional fentanyl precursor

The EU has opened a new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) investigation involving a procurement bid in Portugal that includes a Chinese company. This type of investigation has already caused friction in the China-EU economic relationship.

The Chinese government has formally implemented key commitments from its recent trade truce with the United States, issuing a series of official documents to de-escalate economic tensions. The measures include the suspension of export controls on some items, and the lifting of sanitary bans on some U.S. goods.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China and the U.S. announced that they had reached an agreement resulting in the temporary suspension of specific tariffs and non-tariff measures. In a fact sheet, the Trump administration offered its perspective on what had been agreed to with China as

At today's press conference, a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official clarified the bilateral trade deal with the U.S., restated MOFCOM's stance on the Nexperia dispute and its commitment to CPTPP accession, and expressed interest in exploring China-EU deals.

A U.S. court of appeals has declined to issue a preliminary injunction blocking a Florida law that bans property purchases by Chinese citizens and certain other people.

An independent researcher with a proposal for how the U.S. government should address concerns about the trade relationship with China filed a lawsuit to force the government to respond, but a court rejected the claims based on a finding that he did not have standing.