At the China-Italy Business and Dialogue Forum in Italy last Friday, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao criticized the European Commission's recent actions against Chinese green products, including electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, and wind turbines, calling them "trade protectionist" and a "double standard."

China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao began a visit to Europe last weekend, focusing on the electric vehicle (EV) industry. During recent meetings, he told Chinese auto makers that his government still supports them in protecting their rights and interests, and encouraged more collaboration between the Chinese companies

Last month, the European Commission announced the first ever in-depth investigation under its new Foreign Subsidies Regulation, targeting CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CRRC Corporation, a Chinese state-owned train manufacturer. In reaction to that investigation, CRRC withdrew its bid for a Bulgarian procurement contract.

At a European Parliament hearing on Thursday, European Commission Executive Vice-President and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis offered comments on a number of aspects of EU-China trade relations, including the trade deficit, Chinese industrial policies, the Ukraine war, and economic coercion.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce published an update on the anti-dumping investigation on European brandy, indicating the companies to be sampled and the categorization of the brandy products under investigation.

At today's press conference on China's foreign policy, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi criticized the United States "unilateral sanctions list," as well as a conflicting message sent by the European Union on its relationship with China.

Recently, China's Ministry of Commerce published a notice stating that it would begin an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on potato starch imported from the European Union.