WTO trade policy reviews allow WTO Members to comment on and ask questions about the trade policies and practices of other Members. The fifteenth WTO review of the European Union is taking place on June 5 and 7. According to a Geneva trade official, China offered the following comments at

The U.S. and the EU held the fourth Ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) this week, and the Joint Statement addresses many aspects of trade and investment policies toward China, including non-market practices, export controls, and economic coercion.

After the news broke that the European Commission proposed to sanction multiple Chinese companies over their sales to Russia, several Chinese officials pushed back against this proposal at various events this week, and warned of taking "necessary measures" to protect Chinese firms.

Recent news reports suggest that Italy is considering leaving the BRI, and will make a final decision by the end of the year. This move may be mainly symbolic though, with limited economic impact, just as the original decision by Italy to join the BRI was.

Last week, a group of European Union member states issued a paper raising concerns about medicine shortages, and in that context criticizing dependence on China for inputs used in those products.

In a speech yesterday on international affairs, Micheál Martin, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, laid out his vision for the Irish and EU relationship with China.

As a follow up to the Macron-Xi meeting earlier this month, the Chinese government recently started the domestic process of allowing more French food imports, and moved ahead with the regulatory process for two French GI applications.