As we previously reported here, here, and here, the United States has expressed concerns about China's actions related to COVID-19 that affect trade in food and agricultural products. At the WTO SPS Committee meeting held on March 23-25, 2022, the United States raised the issue again, and in

China's Customs recently announced that it will allow dairy imports from Mongolia to enter, as long as they meet the inspection and quarantine requirements. The announcement also specifies all the detailed requirements.

China's Customs announced that it will suspend imports of cloven-hoofed animals and products from Kazakhstan due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the region.

Recently China announced that it would allow corn imports from Myanmar, while suspending wood imports from Lithuania.

China's Customs recently announced that it will allow wheat imports from the entirety of Russia, rather than only certain parts of Russia as was previously the case.

China recently announced that it would suspend imports of poultry and poultry products from Canada to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu, effective on February 21. Similarly, Hong Kong also said it would ban poultry products from parts of Canada, as well as from Germany and Spain.

So far, the China - EU/Lithuania political and trade dispute has been based largely on allegations that are difficult to verify. However, there are now official Chinese government documents that indicate a suspension of some imports from Lithuania, although there is still little in the way of explanation for