China's eighth WTO Trade Policy Review is taking place on October 20 and 22 (the seventh review [https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp475_e.htm] was in July 2018). As part of these reviews, the government being reviewed submits a "policy statement."

At a press conference [https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-ecuadorian-foreign-minister-mauricio-montalvo-at-a-joint-press-availability/] during a visit to Ecuador, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterpart Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo were asked about U.S.-China economic competition in the region. Montalvo emphasized that "as the United States has commercial

Yesterday, Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr called for adding DJI, a Chinese drone company, to the FCC’s Covered List [https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist], which would prohibit federal money from being used to purchase its equipment. This list identifies "communications equipment and services ... that are deemed to

In an administrative review for a U.S. countervailing duty order for imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China during 2019, the petitioners in the case alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period constitutes a countervailable subsidy. The Department of Commerce (DOC) asked the Treasury Department for input

A new report [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Standardizing-the-future-How-can-the-United-States-navigate-the-geopolitics-of-international-technology-standards.pdf] by the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center entitled "Standardizing the Future: How Can the United States Navigate the Geopolitics of International Technology Standards?" provides some helpful background and insights on China's role

A new bipartisan bill [https://bera.house.gov/sites/bera.house.gov/files/documents/Rep.%20Bera%20Economic%20Coercion%20Bill.pdf] (H.R. 5580 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5580]) introduced on October 15 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ami Bera (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), and

On October 12, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade heard testimony from [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25097/&sid=0001] Elliott Charng of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office