As explained here, China's eighth WTO Trade Policy Review is taking place on October 20 and 22 and China has already provided its policy statement. As part of this review, other WTO Members also have an opportunity to comment on China's trade policies. We offer highlights

China's eighth WTO Trade Policy Review is taking place on October 20 and 22 (the seventh review [https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp475_e.htm] was in July 2018). As part of these reviews, the government being reviewed submits a "policy statement."

At a press conference [https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-ecuadorian-foreign-minister-mauricio-montalvo-at-a-joint-press-availability/] during a visit to Ecuador, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterpart Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo were asked about U.S.-China economic

Yesterday, Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr called for adding DJI, a Chinese drone company, to the FCC’s Covered List [https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist], which would prohibit federal money from being used to purchase its equipment. This list identifies "communications equipment and services ... that are deemed to

In an administrative review for a U.S. countervailing duty order for imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China during 2019, the petitioners in the case alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period constitutes a countervailable subsidy. The Department of Commerce (DOC) asked the Treasury Department for input

A new report [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Standardizing-the-future-How-can-the-United-States-navigate-the-geopolitics-of-international-technology-standards.pdf] by the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center entitled "Standardizing the Future: How Can the United States Navigate the Geopolitics of

A new bipartisan bill [https://bera.house.gov/sites/bera.house.gov/files/documents/Rep.%20Bera%20Economic%20Coercion%20Bill.pdf] (H.R. 5580 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5580]) introduced on October 15 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ami Bera (D-CA), Ann