On August 27, MOFCOM issued notices to extend anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations on certain U.S. chemical products. The ongoing investigations, both launched in 2020, have now been extended for six months. With regard to the CVD investigation, MOFCOM stated [http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zwgk/zcfb/202108/

As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) presses [https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/exclusive-sec-gives-chinese-companies-new-requirements-us-ipo-disclosures-2021-08-23/] Chinese companies to comply with U.S. requirements when they seek to list on a U.S. stock market, it remains unclear how China would handle its disagreements with the United States in

In August, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) listed 267 apps in three batches, including WeChat and several major online streaming apps, that were found to have violated user rights, and have not resolved these problems within the period of time they were given to do

On August 20, China’s Standing Committee of National People’s Congress passed the nation’s first Personal Information Protection Law (个人信息保护法) (PIPL) (informal English version here). It is modeled after the Europe Union's General Data Protection Regulation, and has been called by some western media “one of

During an August 23 press conference [http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/46624/wz46626/Document/1710966/1710966.htm] (link in Chinese) held by the State Council Information Office, officials from China’s Ministry of Commerce expressed interest in pursuing free trade agreements, as they referred to foreign

On June 29, the Standing Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress passed the Data Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (hereafter referred to as “the Data Regulations”) (深圳经济特区数据条例 [http://www.sznews.com/content/mb/2021-07/07/content_24370464.htm?cxid=iyt&token=1625616000115] , link in Chinese). The rules

On August 5, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/08/05/executive-order-on-strengthening-american-leadership-in-clean-cars-and-trucks/] ,” making a push for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. While some Chinese firms may see this policy as benefiting Chinese