At today's press conference, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce launched a defense of its foreign trade position, pushing back against U.S. claims of economic imbalance, threatening retaliation against France over a new anti-fast-fashion law, and warning the European Union against using

Following a burst of high-level diplomacy, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) offered comments on the new bilateral trade consultation mechanisms with the EU and Germany, an export-boosting campaign in the UK, and advancing two-way agricultural trade targets with the U.S.