The United States and Taiwan held their first trade talks since 2016 and agreed to strengthen trade ties and work together to address a number of issues, including worker’s rights and the environment. On June 30, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Terry McCartin and Taiwan’s Deputy Trade Representative

A panel was established to hear the WTO dispute on Chinese AD/CVD determinations on Australian barley.

On June 10, 2021, China passed the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (反外国制裁法) ( “the AFSL”), as its tensions over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Xinjiang with both the United States and the European Union continue to heat up and lead to more sanctions. The new law is China's latest legislation

On June 10, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed China’s first Data Security Law (数据安全法). The Data Security Law (the Law) was heavily influenced by the United States’ Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (the CLOUD Act) and the European Union’s General

On January 29, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued the No. 3 Notice of 2021, Notice on Handling Trade Remedy Cases involving EU and UK after Brexit [http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/b/c/202102/20210203035894.shtml]. The official statement reads as follows: > The United Kingdom officially withdrew

On February 24, the State Council Information Office of China held a press conference [http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/44948/wz44950/Document/1699129/1699129.htm] with regard to China’s plan for trade and economic development. Chinese Minister of Commerce (MOFCOM) Wang Wentao, Vice Minister of

The European Commission issued its internal Trade Policy Review [https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2021/february/tradoc_159438.pdf] (COM(2021) 66 final) on February 18, 2020, setting out an “open, sustainable and assertive trade policy” to ensure “open and fair trade with well-functioning, diversified and sustainable global