China Proposes Managed‑Trade Framework

Chinese policy commentators are increasingly advocating a post‑free‑trade architecture based on negotiated, product‑level 'managed trade' and multilateral mechanisms to collectively limit surpluses and deficits. These proposals range from formal framework agreements setting volumes/values by category (Ma Xiaoye) to state‑level collective regulation sketches offered by Jin Canrong, Di Dongsheng and Ding Yifan. — If such concepts move from commentary into Chinese state policy or win international traction, they would reshape global trade governance, tariff politics, and supply‑chain strategies worldwide.