As we reported last week [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/the-biden-administration-sets-out-its-starting-point-for-china-trade-policy/] , U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s recent speech on U.S. trade policy towards China did not reveal many details about the administration’s plans. The absence of new information has contributed to a mixed reaction from Chinese officials,

China’s Customs agency recently announced that it would suspend imports of some beef products from the United Kingdom and Mongolia, as well as some pork products from Haiti, due to sanitary concerns. All three documents were issued on September 29 and took effect immediately. According to one announcement [http:

On October 6, the OECD Ministers issued the 2021 Ministerial Council statement [https://www.oecd.org/mcm/MCM-2021-Part-2-Final-Statement.EN.pdf] at the Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM). This years’ MCM had a theme of “Shared Values: Building a Green and Inclusive Future”. Not surprisingly, the statement emphasized “shared values” which would

At the March 31 and April 1 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M139.pdf&Open=True] , both the EU

On September 30, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued its 25th report on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) [https://usitc.gov/publications/332/pub5231.pdf], a U.S. program "intended to encourage economic growth and development in the Caribbean Basin countries by promoting increased production

On September 30, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued the Measures for the Administration of Data Security in Industry and Information Areas (Provisional) (Draft for Comment) (工业和信息化领域数据安全管理办法（试行）（征求意见稿）). The draft is now open for public comments until October 30. According to an explanation [https:

A WTO panel was established [https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_27sep21_e.htm] on September 27 to hear a complaint brought by Japan over China's anti-dumping (AD) duties on stainless steel products. The panel has not been composed yet. This piece sets out