As we reported here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/taiwan-may-challenge-china-at-the-wto-over-fruit-bans/] , in September China’s Customs agency announced [http://www.customs.gov.cn//customs/302249/zfxxgk/zfxxgkml34/3892452/index.html] (link in Chinese) that it would suspend imports of sugar apples (also known as custard apples) and wax apples from Taiwan, because

On November 4, Beijing Normal University’s School of Economics and Business Administration and the China Institute of Research and Social Development jointly issued the “2021 Report on China’s Import Development.” The report summarizes China’s import policies and provides statistical analyses on China's key import data.

Tensions continue over allegations of the use of forced labor in Chinese solar panel production and blocked shipments to the United States as a result. U.S. Customs officials have been looking into this issue closely in recent [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-u-s-actions-related-to-forced-labor-in-xinjiang-in-the-solar-sector/] months [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/chinese-solar-companys-products-held-up-by-u-s-customs/] , and

On October 26, a WTO panel was established [https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_26oct21_e.htm] to hear Australia’s complaint (DS602) about China’s anti-dumping measures on Australian wine. As background, China launched an anti-dumping investigation and a countervailing duty investigation on Australian wine

On November 2, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments where sensitive personal information is involved. The bill, S. 3130 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/

On November 3, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued [https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_cb78e71c3200476c97f86ff74611faf9.html] (link in Chinese) a list of 55 apps which were found to have violated users' legal rights. The MIIT requires these companies to

On October 29, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft (link in Chinese) of Measures on Security Assessment of Data Exports (数据出境安全评估办法) (unofficial English translation here). The draft is now open for public comments until November 28, 2021. The draft is formulated in accordance with China’s Data