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

On October 28, China’s State Council Information Office held a press conference [http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/47307/index.htm#top] (link in Chinese) to provide a briefing on China’s WTO Trade Policy Review and respond to some of the issues raised there. (We

On October 26, China’s Ministry of Commerce, along with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Cyberspace Administration of China, issued the Development Plan for E-Commerce in the 14th Five-Year [http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/dzsws/202110/20211026104704129.pdf] (link in Chinese). The document sets out the goal

On October 26, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang spoke at the 24th ASEAN Summit. During his speech [http://english.www.gov.cn/premier/speeches/202110/27/content_WS61788ebfc6d0df57f98e3dd0.html] , he called for further cooperation between China and ASEAN in economic integration, as well as in development, technology innovation, environmental protection and