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.

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.

Last week, Beijing issued a notice officially characterizing the cross-border aspects of the European Union's investigation in its Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) probe into Nuctech as an "unjust extraterritorial application of foreign law" and strictly prohibiting compliance with the European Commission's requests.

At the meeting of the WTO's Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Committee last week, governments discussed overcapacity, a level playing field, transnational subsidies, and China's "First Set of Key Technology Equipment" program.

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.

The European Commission announced today that following an investigation into distortive foreign subsidies, Chinese state-owned rolling stock manufacturer CRRC is no longer part of a railway bid in Portugal.