BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry has ⁠initiated ⁠two counter-probes into U.S. practices ⁠that hamper the flow of Chinese products into the United ​States, it said on Friday, refraining from immediate retaliation to U.S. measures announced earlier ‌this month.

China’s industrial enterprises saw their profits rise sharply in the first two months of 2026, before the war in the Middle East rocked the global oil market and sent raw material costs soaring.

A man who has since fled to China was charged with placing an improvised explosive device outside the visitor’s center at a Florida military base housing US Central Command, which is leading the joint US-Israeli war effort against Iran.