Huan Zhu
China to Stop GSP Certificate of Origin for Goods to EAEU
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
MIIT Identifies 334 Apps That Violated User Rights
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/
China Issues Preliminary Countervailing Duty Ruling on U.S. Chemicals
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
Taiwan May Challenge China at the WTO over Fruit Bans
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
China Formally Applies to Join CPTPP: Issues, Reactions, and Prospects
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
To List or Not to List? Biden Administration Faces Dilemma on Chinese Phone Company with Past Ties to Huawei
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
China Again Extends Tariff Exemptions for U.S. Goods
On September 16, China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council
announced on its website that China will extend tariff exemptions for 81
products imported from the United States by seven months. This is the fifth time
that China has extended tariff exemptions for U.S. goods.
In the