Simon Lester
U.S. Congressional Hearing Discusses U.S.-Taiwan Trade
At a Congressional hearing yesterday, members of the House of Representatives and expert witnesses discussed U.S.-Taiwan trade relations and opportunities.
U.S. Trade Rep. Tai Comments on China Trade Issues During Podcast
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai discussed trade policy on a podcast yesterday, touching on various China trade issues such as the Section 301 tariffs and overall bilateral trade relations.
At Think Tank Event, White House Official Comments on CFIUS, U.S. Outbound Investment Screening
The Atlantic Council and the Center for a New American Security co-hosted an event today on "Designing an outbound investment mechanism," during which the authors of a new report described their policy recommendations and a Biden administration official offered comments.
Republican Senator Presses SEC On China Audit Agreement
A Republican Senator is pressing the Biden administration in relation to a cooperation agreement on financial audits signed by Chinese and American regulators. Political pressure of this sort could make it more difficult to have a functioning regulatory cooperation agreement.
Republican Congressman Presses Commerce Department on Huawei Cell Towers
Republican Congressman Mike Flood of Nebraska sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo expressing concern about "the reported use of Huawei hardware in U.S. cell towers" in Nebraska, and particularly that cell towers "within a certain range of military installations such as missile silos and
China-Mexico Trade in Banned Fish Products under Discussion in USMCA
Illegal fishing has led to trafficking in products of an endangered fish, with consequences for an endangered porpoise that swims near it. The trade in these products has been from Mexico to China, with the United States sometimes in the middle, and Mexican, Chinese, and American officials have been talking
Estimating the Value of China's Recent Loan Forgiveness to Africa
A new report by a Boston University center offers some analysis of the recent decision of the Chinese government to forgive some interest-free loans made in African countries.