A new report and presentation by the European Commission to the European Parliament builds on several years of experience with the EU's Foreign Subsidies Regulation to propose improvements and refinements to the regulation going forward.

At a European Parliament International Trade Committee meeting yesterday, a key European Commission trade official briefed members of Parliament on the state of play of EU-China trade and investment relations.

As the EU and China are in the midst of seeking to calm trade tensions, two new anti-dumping actions may get in the way: An anti-dumping investigation by the EU into imports of Pekin duck from China, and an EU decision to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese

At a European Parliament meeting last week, a European Commission official provided an update on the status of the first case under the EU's International Procurement Instrument (IPI), which addressed barriers in the Chinese medical devices market.

Last week, political leaders in the EU debated taking stronger action to address trade imbalances with China, but ultimately put off deciding on a specific action until later in the year.

Last week, the European Commission announced that it had opened an in-depth Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) investigation to assess the proposed acquisition by JD.com, Inc. of German firm CECONOMY AG.

China has submitted comments on the EU's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, accusing Brussels of "double standards" and "discriminatory" policies that potentially violate several WTO obligations.