On September 22 local time, just a week after China submitted an application [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-formally-applies-to-join-cptpp-issues-reactions-and-prospects/] to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Taiwan submitted [https://www.ey.gov.tw/otn/47E95C7DA961C934] (link in Chinese) an application as well. As the process moves forward,

On September 23, China’s General Administration of Customs announced [http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/2480148/3900112/2021092416141082221.pdf] (link in Chinese) that it would stop issuing the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) Certificates of Origin for exports shipped to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), effective on October

On September 23, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) identified 334 apps that failed to comply with laws and regulations related to user rights protection. These apps include travel apps and food ordering apps. In the announcement [https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/

On September 18, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued its preliminary countervailing duty ruling on certain monoalkyl ethers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol/certain glycol ethers (乙二醇和丙二醇的单烷基醚) originating in the United States. The countervailing duties will be 16.8 percent. The decision is open for comments for 10

After China imposed an import suspension on two types of Taiwanese fruit last week, Taiwanese officials warned of challenging this decision at the WTO. This challenge could simply be raising the issue in a WTO Committee, but if it turns into a formal dispute, it would be the first WTO

After many official and unofficial statements in recent months and years that China was considering doing so, on September 16 China formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). In this piece, we discuss: the CPTPP provisions that will guide the process; the government statements

The Biden administration is divided over whether to add Chinese smartphone maker Honor Device Co. Ltd. to an export blacklist due to past connections with Chinese tech company Huawei. This case illustrates the difficulties in drawing lines related to national security, as the United States continues to refine its export