Simon Lester

LONGi Solar Chairman Hints at More U.S. Investment

With one U.S. investment already in place, a major Chinese solar manufacturing executive made comments recently indicating that the Chinese industry may have to expand these investments in order to sell in the U.S. market.

As Section 301 Tariff Review Decision Nears, Biden Administration Gets More Pressure to Keep or Increase Tariffs

As the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) continues its review of the Section 301 tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on the basis of China’s policies in the area of intellectual property, technology transfer, and innovation, a group of seven Democratic Senators, led by Sherrod Brown

Cosco-Peru Port Dispute Investment Arbitration Initiated

A dispute between the Peruvian government and a Chinese company building a port in Peru has taken the first step towards an investment arbitration proceeding, although there is still time for the parties to work out their differences.
WTO

WTO Committee on Market Access Meeting Discusses Export Controls, EV Tariffs

At the meeting of WTO's Committee on Market Access on October 16 and 17, 2023, for which the minutes of the meeting were recently circulated, WTO Members considered issues related to Chinese export controls on gallium and germanium, Türkiye's tariffs on electric vehicles, and the U.

U.S. Fed Branch Paper Estimates Cost of Export Controls

A recent paper for the New York branch of the Federal Reserve, titled "Geopolitical Risk and Decoupling: Evidence from U.S. Export Controls," estimated the financial impact of U.S. export controls on the affected U.S. companies to be $857 million on average, with a total of

Foreign Subsidies Regulation Updates: Nuctech Raids, Vestager Speech

Last week, news reports indicated that the European Commission had conducted searches of Chinese company Nuctech in relation to an investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager spoke about the searches and this regulation in a competition policy speech.

EU Official Notice Provides More Detail on Chinese Procurement Investigation

The EU has published its official notice of initiation of an investigation concerning Chinese "measures and practices" in the public procurement market for medical devices.
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