As we reported here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/taiwan-may-challenge-china-at-the-wto-over-fruit-bans/] , in September China’s Customs agency announced [http://www.customs.gov.cn//customs/302249/zfxxgk/zfxxgkml34/3892452/index.html] (link in Chinese) that it would suspend imports of sugar apples (also known as custard apples) and wax apples from Taiwan, because

Back in July, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced legislation [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/proposed-legislation-would-restrict-american-rescue-plan-funds-from-being-used-to-purchase-chinese-telecoms-equipment/] entitled the "American Telecommunications Security Act" to "prohibit federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act from being used to purchase Chinese telecommunications equipment, including from Huawei and ZTE.

Tensions continue over allegations of the use of forced labor in Chinese solar panel production and blocked shipments to the United States as a result. U.S. Customs officials have been looking into this issue closely in recent [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-u-s-actions-related-to-forced-labor-in-xinjiang-in-the-solar-sector/] months [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/chinese-solar-companys-products-held-up-by-u-s-customs/] , and

On November 4, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a notice [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/04/2021-24090/study-on-peoples-republic-of-china-prc-policies-and-influence-in-the-development-of-international] soliciting public comment on China's "policies and influence in the development of international standards for emerging technologies," pursuant to a

On October 26, a WTO panel was established [https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_26oct21_e.htm] to hear Australia’s complaint (DS602) about China’s anti-dumping measures on Australian wine. As background, China launched an anti-dumping investigation and a countervailing duty investigation on Australian wine

At a Washington International Trade Association (WITA) webinar on the CPTPP [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-ZYzWe77Y] yesterday, Tim Groser, formerly New Zealand's ambassador to the United States, and Wendy Cutler, formerly of USTR, both offered thoughts on various aspects of the applications by China and Taiwan

As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/REG/407-2.pdf&Open=True] the USMCA parties about a