Previously, we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/us-raises-concerns-again-at-the-wto-about-chinas-trade-measures-related-to-covid-19/] that the United States has raised concerns at the WTO about China’s trade measures related to COVID-19. On November 8, the United States made another submission [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SPS/GEN1982.pdf&

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke virtually at the APEC CEO Summit on November 11, calling for “sustainable development in a concerted effort to build an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.” During the speech [https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1919060.shtml], Xi mentioned joint efforts to

On November 2, China’s Customs agency issued the English version of the Provisions of the People's Republic of China on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Food. The Chinese version of the rules, 中华人民共和国进口食品境外生产企业注册管理规定, was issued on April 12, 2021 and will take effect

China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) recently issued notices to update rules for fruit imports from Thailand and allow imported passion fruits from Laos, if they meet the inspection and quarantine requirements. On September 13, at the sideline of the 7th China-ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Animal and Plant Quarantine

The U.S. Geological Survey at the Department of the Interior (DOI) issued the 2021 Draft List of Critical Minerals [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/09/2021-24488/2021-draft-list-of-critical-minerals] today. The list is designed to address the concern that the United States is heavily dependent on imports of certain

We previously reported on the announcement by China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) that it will stop issuing Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) certificates to Chinese goods that are exported to EU members, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine and Liechtenstein, effective on December 1, 2021. Some confusion and

In a recent IP dispute, China’s Tianjin Binhai People’s Court ruled that American company Apple was responsible for unauthorized content published by third-party apps in the App Store. As a result, Apple was fined 12 million yuan (USD 1.9 million), according to a report [http://www.cs.