U-Tron (Beijing) Electronics Company has announced that it has signed an exclusive agency agreement with the Canada-based LECC Consulting Group appointing LECC as U-Tron's exclusive agent in Canada, Mexico and Indonesia.

The United States has filed complaints to the World Trade Organization over China's restrictions on the export of key industrial raw materials.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, China has protested the European Union's decision to impose anti-dumping duties on seamless steel pipe imported from China and expects the EU to end its anti-dumping investigation.

News from the website of China's Ministry of Commerce is that Mofcom has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on the import of certain iron or steel fasteners manufactured in the European Union.

The European Union has passed a new dictate on toy safety which reportedly has listed Chinese toy makers as the main target of supervision as the "Made in China" toys have taken up the majority of Europe's toy market.

The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization has published a report on the settlement of the automotive component disputes between China and the three parties of the United States, the European Union, and Canada.

Pharmaceutical company China Sky One Medical, which produces over-the-counter drugs in China has successfully completed the first phase of examination for the Conformite Europeenne certification, or CE mark, which indicates that a company's products have met rigorous testing and safety standards and are approved for sale within the European Union.

To regulate the export order of eight kinds of monitored textile products which will be exported to the European Union, China's Ministry of Commerce has released the "Notice on Verification of Export Permits of Some Textiles Exported to European Union".

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China has launched its annual European Chamber Business Confidence Survey, which is published in partnership with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and presents the opinions of more than 200 European companies operating in China.