Simon Lester

Federal Judge Rules that Hytera's Antitrust Claims against Motorola Can Go Forward

In an opinion issued last week, a U.S. federal judge in Illinois found that most of the claims in Chinese radio company Hytera's antitrust lawsuit against rival Motorola can go forward.

USTR Requests Written Comments on China's WTO Compliance

In preparation for the Office of the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) annual report to Congress on China's compliance with the commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) has asked for written comments

CTM Weekly Newsletter

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Imports of pineapples from Indonesia and soybean meal from Zambia were authorized. * Loans to African countries were forgiven; a new loan for Huawei to build communications towers in the Solomon Islands was announced. * The lists of demonstration and pilot cities

China Updates WTO on Its Anti-Dumping Actions for First Half of 2022

Pursuant to Article 16.4 of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement, China recently provided its semi-annual report of its anti-dumping actions, covering the period January 1 – June 30, 2022.

MERICS Report on Managing China’s Economic Coercion

In a new paper entitled "Fasten your seatbelts: How to manage China’s economic coercion" published by European think tank MERICS, authors Aya Adachi, Alexander Brown and Max J. Zenglein offer a number of insights into the use of economic coercion by the Chinese government and how it
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WTO Members Discuss China Trade Issues at March SPS Meeting

At the WTO SPS Committee meeting held on March 23-25, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated, there were discussions of a number of SPS measures imposed by China or imposed by other Members against Chinese goods.

U.S. Commerce Department Adds Seven Chinese Entities to Blacklist

Yesterday, the U.S. Commerce Department, through its Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), added seven Chinese entities to the "Entity List" due to "activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, specifically for acquiring and attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items in
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