Simon Lester

EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Aluminum Converter Foil Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management

The European Commission has adopted [https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2338] definitive anti-dumping measures on imports of aluminum converter foil from China. The level of the anti-dumping duties ranges from 15.4% to 28.5%. One interesting aspect of the Commission's

Two Events Discuss the Issue of Trade Coercion

Two events today discussed the problem of trade coercion. The first, entitled " Responding to Trade Coercion: A Growing Threat to the Global Trading System [https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/responding-trade-coercion-growing-threat-global-trading-system-0] ," was put on by the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

Biden Administration Announces Technology Trade and Investment Collaboration (TTIC) Framework with Taiwan

The U.S. Commerce Department issued a press release [https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/12/secretary-commerce-gina-m-raimondo-holds-introductory-call-taiwan] of an introductory call between Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Taiwan Minister of Economic Affairs Mei-hua Wang, announcing that they "

Biden Administration Announces "Diplomatic Boycott" of Beijing Olympics

At separate press conferences on December 6, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki and State Department spokesperson Ned Price confirmed various news reports that the United States would carry out a "diplomatic boycott" of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Psaki and Price both described the action in the following terms:

Guest Post: Trade Barrier Investigations in China, by Zhiguo YU

This is a guest post by Zhiguo YU, partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm, fellow of Institute of International Dispute Settlement, Tsinghua University and the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law Center, and arbitrator of Tianjin Arbitration Commission. 1. INTRODUCTION Trade barrier investigations in China are designed to address

New Treasury Department Report Finds China Is Not Manipulating Currency

On December 3, the U.S. Treasury Department issued its biannual report [https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/206/December-2021-FXR-FINAL.pdf] to Congress on "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States." As part of that report, Treasury evaluated "

Canadian MP Calls for Huawei 5G Ban

During a December 2 session of the Canadian House of Commons, Conservative MP Ed Fast pressed [https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/house/sitting-9/hansard#Int-11438928] François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of of Innovation, Science and Industry in the Trudeau government, on whether a ban on Huawei
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