Supply Chain entity
Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China is most often covered alongside China, which appears in 2 of these 3 stories. That works out to roughly 1 story per week across a 21-day span. The busiest single day carried 2.
Last mentioned: Mar 16, 2026
Entity pulse
Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 67 percentage points.
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Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China is most often covered alongside China, which appears in 2 of these 3 stories. That works out to roughly 1 story per week across a 21-day span. The busiest single day carried 2. The clearest coverage concentration is disruptions: 1 of 3 stories, with the rest divided among 2 other categories. The 7.3 average consequence score is above the beat benchmark of 6.8 in the same window. Each story carries 3.3 original sources on average, compared with 3 for the broader beat in this window. We currently track 3 Supply Chain stories that mention Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, published between February 24, 2026 and March 16, 2026.
Computed from the 3 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 553 Supply Chain stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
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Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China is linked from 3 stories on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.
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