Simon Lester
FCC Adds Two Chinese Telecom Companies to National Security List
Last Friday, the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau added equipment and services from two Chinese companies, China Telecom (Americas) Corp and China Mobile International USA Inc. (as well as one Russian company) to its list of communications equipment and services "that have been deemed a
EU Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties on Calcium Silicon from China
Last week, the European Commission adopted definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of calcium silicon originating in China. The duties range from 31.5% to 50.7%.
USITC Finds Threat of Injury, Commerce Department Finds Dumping for Mobile Access Equipment from China
Based on affirmative determinations from both the U.S. Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission (USITC), the United States will soon impose anti-dumping duties on certain mobile access equipment (e.g. boom lifts, scissor lifts, and material telehandlers) and subassemblies thereof from China, which will be in addition to
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues:
* Chinese IP rulings and judicial interpretations; the Chinese foreign minister's meetings with the foreign ministers of three African countries
* A virtual meeting between Xi and Biden and a rundown on stated positions of the two governments on Russian sanctions
* A
US-UK Steel/Aluminum Tariff Deal Involves Scrutiny of Chinese Ownership of UK Company
A recent resolution of a U.S.-UK trade dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs will lead to an audit of the financial records of a Chinese-owned UK steel company, in order to "assess influence from the People’s Republic of China government."
Several African Foreign Ministers Visit China
Recently, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the foreign ministers of Zambia, Algeria and Tanzania, with the meetings involving discussions of bilateral economic relations, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Ukraine.
European Parliament Hearing Discusses Indo-Pacific Strategy and China
At a European Parliament hearing yesterday, the draft report of the rapporteur, Jan Zahradil, on the European Union's "Indo-Pacific strategy in the area of trade and investment" was discussed by members of the Parliament's international trade committee. The report covered a number of issues,