Simon Lester
WTO Subsidy Meeting Deals With Various China Issues
At a meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on Tuesday, a number of issues were raised by other Members about China's trade policies and practices, in particular relating to transparency; and China brought up concerns with certain U.S. measures, including the
Trudeau Speech Touches on Critical Minerals and China
In a speech and subsequent conversation at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emphasized Canada's important role in producing critical minerals for batteries and electric vehicles to ensure "resilience," and contrasted the cleaner and labor-friendly Canadian production with
Irish Minister Sets Out Views on China
In a speech yesterday on international affairs, Micheál Martin, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, laid out his vision for the Irish and EU relationship with China.
U.S. Commerce Department Imposes Penalties Related to Hard Disk Sales to Huawei
Last month, the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a record penalty on a company that sold hard disk drives to Huawei.
Textron Wins Patent Lawsuit against DJI, Jury Awards Damages
In a recent ruling by a jury in Texas, U.S. conglomerate Textron, which runs aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses, won a patent infringement lawsuit against DJI, a Chinese commercial drone maker.
U.S. and Hong Kong/China Continue to Spar on WTO Origin Marking Dispute
At the WTO's DSB meeting last Friday, the U.S., Hong Kong, and China all offered comments on issues underlying the recent WTO panel report that found U.S. origin marking requirements related to products from Hong Kong to be in violation of WTO rules.
New Paper on Modernizing Chinese International Investment Agreements
In a new article in the Asian Center for WTO Law & International Health Law and Policy, a Chinese legal scholar examines the issues and challenges facing China in the modernization of its international investment agreements (IIAs).