Simon Lester
Proposed U.S. CVD Legislation Addresses Chinese Subsidies in Foreign Countries
On December 2, U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH)
introduced legislation, H.R.6121
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6121?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22terri+sewell%22%2C%22terri%22%2C%22sewell%22%5D%7D&s=3&
House Ways and Means Committee Hearing Discusses Chinese Trade Practices
At a December 2 House Ways and Means Committee hearing
[https://waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/trade-subcommittee-hearing-supporting-us-workers-businesses-and-environment]
on "Supporting U.S. Workers, Businesses, and the Environment in the Face of
Unfair Chinese Trade Practices," a number of witnesses testified, and
New Congressional Legislation Addresses "U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China"
Two Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee – Darin LaHood (IL)
and Carol Miller (WV) – have introduced the U.S. Trade Leadership in the
Indo-Pacific and China Act
[https://lahood.house.gov/_cache/files/e/7/e725cb55-8d7b-4fa6-ab06-459ff091963a/FB7BEE3A17EBE9498B7064B9DB2F714B.millwv-033-xml.pdf]
. The
Chinese Legal Scholar Speaks at Webinar on "Two Decades of China in the WTO: The View from China"
In a webinar
[https://usali.org/events/two-decades-of-china-in-the-wto-the-view-from-china]
hosted by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute on "Two Decades of China in the WTO: The
View from China," Manjiao Chi
[http://law.uibe.edu.cn/english/facultyresearch/faculty/
Governments Weigh In on Section 232 Investigation on Neodymium Magnets
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-initiates-section-232-investigation-on-neodymium-magnets/]
, in late September the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of
1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/
Commerce Department Adds Chinese Companies to Entity List
In an announcement
[https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/11/commerce-lists-entities-involved-support-prc-military-quantum-computing]
of a final rule published in the federal register
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/26/2021-25808/addition-of-entities-and-revision-of-entries-on-the-entity-
European Commission Report on Foreign Investment Screening Provides Snapshot of Chinese Investment Flows
Earlier this week, the European Commission announced
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2327] the publication of
its first report on foreign direct investment screening since the new EU
screening regulation came into force a year ago. The report offers a broad
overview of the operation