Simon Lester
EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Aluminum Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2310] definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of flat-rolled aluminum products from China,
but suspended their application temporarily for 9 months. The level of the
anti-dumping duties ranges from 14.3% to 24.6%. One interesting
Chinese Measures and Trade Concerns Discussed at the June 2021 TBT Committee Meeting
At the meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade held on
June 2-4 and 9, 2021, a number of WTO Members raised “specific trade concerns”
about particular Chinese measures, and China voiced its concerns with measures
of other Members. The official minutes of that meeting are
At WTO General Council Meeting, U.S. and Other WTO Members Push for Taiwanese Chair of GPA Committee
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/wto-government-procurement-committee-debates-appointment-of-taiwanese-delegate-as-chair/]
last month, there has been some heated debate over the appointment of Ms
Liang-Rong Lin [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3948974] of Taiwan -- or
the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese
Taipei), as it is
Poll Results: What Do Americans Believe About Trade with China?
The Chicago Council of Global Affairs recently described
[https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/commentary-and-analysis/blogs/americans-and-us-china-trade-relations]
some new polling it had conducted on issues related to economic relations
between China and the United States. Their broad conclusion is that "[t]he
American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade
Hong Kong Textile Company Fights Inclusion on "Entity List"
A Hong Kong textile company has gone to U.S. court to challenge its inclusion on
the "Entity List
[https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list]
" maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce. While its request for a
preliminary injunction was recently rejected by
Biden Administration Official Discusses U.S. International Infrastructure Efforts as Alternative to BRI
In an event put on by the Peterson Institute, Brian Deese, director of the White
House National Economic Council, discussed
[https://www.piie.com/events/brian-deese-vision-behind-g7s-build-back-better-world-initiative]
the Biden administration's Build Back Better World (B3W) partnership, and in
that context offered some comments on how the administration's
Views of Australian Businesses on China Joining the CPTPP
On September 30, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with several
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25041/&sid=0004]
witnesses
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/