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  • European Union members have endorsed new rules requiring large businesses to conduct human rights and environmental audits of their overseas suppliers
  • They have also approved a de facto ban on the import of recycled plastics from outside the bloc, as well as a ban on products made using forced labour
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Provisional agreement would target sectors and regions profiting from state-imposed forced labour based on database drawn up by European Commission.

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A high-level conference ended with no deals on agriculture and fisheries, spotlighting sharp divisions among the organisation’s 164 members.

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Wang Wentao speaks with Katherine Tai on the sidelines and delivers Beijing’s ‘solemn concerns’ about Taiwan and tariffs, according to a Commerce Ministry statement.

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Washington’s report on China’s compliance in the World Trade Organization continues accusations since US-China trade war began, and Beijing says US is distracting from its own WTO ‘violations and sabotage’.

Li Chenggang, Beijing’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO), says China ‘will not compete with other developing members’ over an overfishing deal that is set to be discussed later this month.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a de-risking strategy last year, but opposition from member states threatens to scupper some key measures.

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Fear of threats, raids and other retaliatory measures hamper efforts to find evidence to support Ursula von der Leyen’s economic security strategy.

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Diplomat’s revelation suggests halting of feud with Beijing over Vilnius permitting opening of controversially named Taiwanese office in its capital.

Two Democratic senators have asked Joe Biden’s administration to drop the trade element from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, citing a lack of ‘enforceable labour standards’.

At the Caixin Summit in Beijing, a fresh assessment of bilateral ties between the world’s largest economies comes as high-level talks between them are growing more frequent.

China is Australia’s No 1 trade partner but ties have been strained over issues including the source of Covid-19, human rights and the South China Sea.

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Beijing seeks to leverage signature global trading network to boost port services integration, e-commerce collaboration and digital trade, says envoy.

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