On November 6, 2019, China and the European Union (EU) concluded formal negotiations on an EU-China geographical indications (GI) agreement, which will protect 100 Chinese GIs....
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China: China Lowers Selected MFN Tariffs on November 1

On September 30, 2018, the State Council Duty Commission (SCDC) announced that import tariffs for 1,585 tariff lines will be lowered effective November 1, 2018.
On June 19, 2018, China’s Ministry of Finance announced that as part of the Second Amendment to the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, China will reduce tariffs on imports of a number of products....
On March 17, 2017, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC, currently the National Health Commission) and the China Food and Drug Administration....
On March 17, 2017, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC, currently the National Health Commission) and the China Food and Drug Administration....
On May 18, 2018 MOFCOM announced that it will drop its antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigation on imports of U.S. sorghum, which was initiated on February 4....
On December 23, 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC, currently the National Health Commission) and the China Food and Drug Administration....
On March 16, 2018, China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the draft Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Food, as SPS/N/CHN/1068.
On March 1, 2018, China’s General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) published a “List of Feed Additives and Feed Pre-mixed with Additives....
On March 23, 2018, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced a proposal to levy retaliatory tariffs impacting approximately $2.0 billion in U.S. food and agricultural...
On February 19, 2018, China notified the World Trade Organization of draft standards on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 107 pesticides as SPS/N/CHN/1065.
On December 26, 2013, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) released the national food safety standard for Pathogen Limits on Foods.