China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has strongly condemned recent comments by a senior U.S. intelligence official who identified Chinese technology companies as legitimate targets for American espionage, calling the stance a blunt display of "hegemony" and threatening countermeasures under its laws.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) rejected accusations by U.S. intelligence and security agencies that Chinese AI companies distill U.S. frontier models at an industrial scale, calling the claims groundless and threatening countermeasures if Washington uses the issue to suppress Chinese companies.

Yesterday, the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Cybersecurity Advisory to alert organizations about the "malicious activities and techniques" of Chinese companies related to AI theft, and "to recommend mitigations to reduce their potential impact.

In two recent media appearances, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was asked about the upcoming visit of President Xi Jinping to the United States.

In an article published in Foreign Affairs, former U.S. Trade Rep. Mike Froman, who served in that role during the Obama administration and is now the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank, made an argument for the United States to lead a coalition to pressure

Yesterday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) concluded the preliminary investigation on the dumping of pecans from Mexico and the United States, setting anti-dumping duties as high as 54.3% and clearing the way for provisional anti-dumping measures beginning today.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer gave a brief overview of his view of the current trade situation with rare earths, as well as a preview of the planned meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi in September.