Simon Lester
Australia Makes First Submission in China - Barley WTO Dispute, Makes Claim on Individual Dumping Margins
Following up on earlier posts about Australia's complaint
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/]
and the panel composition
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-barley-ad-cvd-wto-panel-composed/] in
the China - Barley WTO dispute (DS598), Australia has now posted
More Details Emerge on WTO Debate Over Appointment of Taiwanese Delegate as Committee Chair
As we reported here and here, there has been a debate over the appointment of a Taiwanese delegate as chair of the WTO's Government Procurement Committee, with most parties to the agreement in favor of the appointment, but Hong Kong blocking consensus. The division continues at this Committee,
Australia and NZ Trade Ministers Comment on CPTPP and China Trade Issues
At a joint press conference
[https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/dan-tehan/transcript/press-conference-new-zealand-trade-minister]
on November 19 after their meeting, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and
Investment Dan Tehan and New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien
O'Connor were asked
EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Optical Fibre Cables Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2322] definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of optical fibre cables from China. The level
of the anti-dumping duties ranges from 19.7% to 44%. One interesting aspect of
the Commission's reasoning
Deputy USTR Bianchi Responds to Senate Questions on China
As a follow up to the June 24 Senate Finance Committee hearing
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/deputy-ustr-nominee-sarah-bianchi-on-tariffs-against-china-and-chinese-digital-trade-regulation/]
on the nomination of Sarah Bianchi to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
(with oversight of Asia/China policy)
Commerce Secretary Raimondo Talks About New Indo-Pacific "Economic Framework"
During an interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvvLyCLsw3I] at the
Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore Wednesday, Commerce Secretary Gina
Raimondo was asked to clarify the U.S. approach to trade relations in Asia,
including its interest in the CPTPP or some alternative, and China's role
Republican Senators Urge Commerce Department to Put Chinese Artificial Intelligence Companies on Entity List
Five Republican Senators – Tom Cotton (R-AR), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Bill Hagerty
(R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) -- sent a letter
[https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-call-on-secretary-raimondo-to-blacklist-companies-that-provide-ai-technology-to-the-