China and five Central Asian nations last week concluded their Second China-Central Asia Summit, unveiling a series of trade and investment agreements and underscoring Beijing's deepening economic commitment with the neighboring region.

At a ministerial meeting between leaders from China and African countries last week, China detailed substantial financial and trade commitments to African countries, including tariff-free status for 53 African countries having diplomatic relations with China. The initiatives are part of Beijing's ongoing efforts to strengthen its partnership with

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce made its first determinations involving transnational subsidies under new regulations that allow these subsidies to be countervailed, in linked cases on solar products from four Southeast Asian countries. These determinations could lead to litigation in U.S. courts or at the WTO on

A petition alleging that imported chassis from Mexico and Thailand have been subsidized and are causing injury to a U.S. industry is the latest U.S. CVD case to cite Chinese "transnational subsidies."

On Friday, the European Commission announced that it had imposed countervailing duties on imports of aluminum road wheels from Morocco, with one of the subsidies at issue having been provided through China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The 62nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in Hangzhou, China last week, marking another step for China in global climate governance. It took place amidst an increasingly delicate balance between China's green leadership and dominance in many clean energy sectors.

An electric utility project described by China as being part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has led to international arbitration, as the Chinese company in charge of the project has sued the Laotian government for US$555 million.