The pause agreed in the U.S.-China trade war at the recent G20 meeting, reflects in part the potency of the U.S. Entity List in targeting Chinese firms such as Huawei.
MOFCOM's new Unreliable Entity List is mooted as possible trade war retaliatory tool; Ford's China JV hit with $23.6 million antitrust fine; PBOC may scrap its official benchmark lending rates; and SAFE says overseas digital finance firms must have local permits.