Simon Lester
NZ, U.S. Trade Experts Discuss Prospects for China, Taiwan CPTPP Accession
At a Washington International Trade Association (WITA) webinar on the CPTPP
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-ZYzWe77Y] yesterday, Tim Groser, formerly
New Zealand's ambassador to the United States, and Wendy Cutler, formerly of
USTR, both offered thoughts on various aspects of the applications by China and
China Raises USMCA Investment Provision Related To Non-Market Economies at WTO Meeting
As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/REG/407-2.pdf&Open=True]
the USMCA parties about a specific
At WTO Committee, China Asks USMCA Parties about Non-Market Country FTA Provision
As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/REG/407-2.pdf&Open=True]
the USMCA parties about the functioning
China Announces Application to Join DEPA
Last weekend, President Xi Jinping announced
[https://twitter.com/henrysgao/status/1454460018120544258] China's decision to
apply to join the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA). The Chinese
announcement comes a couple weeks after South Korea said
[https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2110/S00056/new-zealand-welcomes-the-republic-
New U.S. Law Further Restricts Use of Equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Others
After the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3919/actions] similar
legislation on October 20, yesterday the Senate passed its own version
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1790/text] of a law
designed to tighten existing restrictions
U.S. Senators Challenge China's Procurement Practices for Medical Devices
Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Todd Young (R-IN) wrote
to
[https://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2021/10/carper-young-letter-seeks-to-protect-medical-device-jobs-and-hold-china-accountable]
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai "express[ing] concern
China Notifies Results of Steel Safeguards Consultations with EU
In late June, the European Commission provided notice
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2280] that it would be
extending for three additional years the safeguard measure in place on imports
of certain steel products. In response to this extension, China requested
consultations under Article 12.