Foreign Trade Law of the PRC 中华人民共和国对外贸易法

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Summary

The Foreign Trade Law (2025 revision, effective 2026-03-01) is a statutory anchor of the countermeasure toolkit. Art. 10 authorizes reciprocal measures against discriminatory foreign trade actions; Art. 40 empowers MOFCOM to prohibit or restrict foreign parties from China-related trade — the statutory basis behind the Unreliable Entity List — and bans facilitation of circumvention (Art. 40(2)); Arts. 76–77 add penalties and financial-enforcement hooks (customs non-clearance, FX/RMB refusal). Arts. 41–42 authorize investigations into matters concerning national-security interests in foreign trade and set the available investigation methods and publication of the result.

Tools this instrument underpins

• Unreliable Entity List 不可靠实体清单
• Industrial & Supply Chain Security Investigations 产业链供应链安全调查
• Foreign-Trade National-Security Investigation 对外贸易国家安全调查

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