Huan Zhu
China Issues the First Negative List for Services Trade
On July 23, China released its first negative list for cross-border trade in
services. The document entitled Special Administrative Measures for Cross-Border
Services Trade at Hainan Free Trade Port (Negative List) (2021 Edition) (
海南自由贸易港跨境服务贸易特别管理措施（负面清单）
[http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zwgk/zcfb/202107/20210703180049.shtml]) will
only apply within
U.S. Raises Concerns Again at the WTO About China’s Trade Measures Related to COVID-19
On July 20, the United States made another submission
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SPS/GEN1943.pdf&Open=True]
to the SPS Committee targeting China’s trade restrictive measures taken as a
response to COVID-19. In the submission, which is the U.
China Calls EU’s Carbon Border Tax Proposal WTO-Inconsistent
The European Commission recently proposed a package of legislative measures to
reduce the EU's carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030, including a Carbon
Border Adjustment Mechanism
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/carbon_border_adjustment_mechanism_0.pdf]
(CBAM). This proposal has drawn criticism
China Launches Expiry Review for Anti-Dumping Measures on Steel from Japan, South Korea and the EU
On July 23, the Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of
Commerce announced
[http://cacs.mofcom.gov.cn/cacscms/article/jkdc?articleId=170040&type=1] that it
would launch an expiry review investigation related to anti-dumping measures on
imports of grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel (GOES) from
China Issues Guidelines on Network Product Security Vulnerability Management
On July 12, China issued the Provisions on Network Product Security
Vulnerability Management (《关于印发网络产品安全漏洞管理规定的通知
[https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/waj/wjfb/art/2021/art_96c2d3de7a6f400ea1d8522b7893db7a.html]
》) (English translation here
[https://www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/product-security-vulnerabilites/]). The
document was jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, the
MIIT Calls on 145 Apps to Fix Problems Related to User Rights
On July 18, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
issued its 6th list
[https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_d902f99e88ea42bab468d674bac622e1.html]
in 2021 of apps that have not resolved existing problems related to user rights
infringement. The list consists of 145
Conflicting Reports Indicate an Uncertain Future for the CAI
Chinese officials have been in communication with their EU counterparts recently
on a variety of issues. In the reports from China and from the EU, the substance
of these meetings differs, especially in relation to the China-EU Comprehensive
Agreement on Investment (CAI), indicating different priorities of the two sides
and