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  • China Defies EU

    Beijing’s blocking order against Brussels’ foreign subsidies probe of JD.com’s bid for Germany’s Ceconomy escalates a widening contest over who writes the rules of global commerce, and it leaves multinational compliance teams standing in the crossfire. BEIJING, Aug. 19. China ordered companies and individuals on Wednesday to refuse cooperation with a European Union subsidy investigation…

  • Beijing Blocks

    China issues a sweeping blocking order against the European Union’s foreign subsidy investigation of JD.com, escalating a regulatory standoff that could reshape how Chinese companies do deals in Europe BEIJING, Aug. 20, 2026 China has ordered its companies and citizens not to cooperate with a European Union subsidy investigation into e-commerce giant JD.com, deploying its…