In an order issued earlier this week, the EU General Court has rejected a request from a Chinese wind turbine maker for suspension of a European Commission decision to request more information as part of a Foreign Subsidies Regulation investigation.

At the WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting held in late April, China and a range of other WTO Members sparred over issues related to overcapacity, the level playing field, and transnational subsidies.

At a WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting held in late April, there was a discussion of China's latest subsidy notifications that offered insights into the broad disagreement between China and the U.S. on Chinese subsidies.

After its first panel request was blocked at a meeting last month (which is allowed under WTO dispute settlement rules), China requested a WTO panel on Indian measures related to the solar/IT sectors for a second time, and this time a panel was established.

In two recent WTO meetings, for which the minutes were recently circulated, China raised concerns with a range of EU measures: EU steel tariffs, an Italian decree on renewable energy sources, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and the Industrial Accelerator Act.

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has filed a legal challenge against an investigation conducted under the bloc's Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), marking the latest dispute over the European Commission's authority to seek information from companies during the investigation.

Last week, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič discussed a number of aspects of current EU-China trade tensions, which have become a bit more heated in recent weeks as the EU discusses a potential new instrument to address imbalances in its bilateral trade with China.