Simon Lester
Republican Members of Congress Press USTR on China's Economic Role in Latin America/Caribbean
Thirteen Republican members of the House of Representatives -- a list of these
members is included at the end of this piece -- sent a letter
[https://crawford.house.gov/uploadedfiles/scan.pdf] to U.S. Trade Representative
Katherine Tai expressing concern about "the growing influence and intensified
engagement of China
EU Decision To Extend AD Duties on Wire Rod Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
Following a request by the domestic industry for an expiry review
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2489] of an existing
anti-dumping measure, the European Commission has decided to extend definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of wire rod steel products from China. One
interesting
EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Aluminum Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2310] definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of flat-rolled aluminum products from China,
but suspended their application temporarily for 9 months. The level of the
anti-dumping duties ranges from 14.3% to 24.
Chinese Measures and Trade Concerns Discussed at the June 2021 TBT Committee Meeting
At the meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade held on
June 2-4 and 9, 2021, a number of WTO Members raised “specific trade concerns”
about particular Chinese measures, and China voiced its concerns with measures
of other Members. The official minutes of that meeting
At WTO General Council Meeting, U.S. and Other WTO Members Push for Taiwanese Chair of GPA Committee
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/wto-government-procurement-committee-debates-appointment-of-taiwanese-delegate-as-chair/]
last month, there has been some heated debate over the appointment of Ms
Liang-Rong Lin [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3948974] of Taiwan -- or
the Separate Customs Territory of
Poll Results: What Do Americans Believe About Trade with China?
The Chicago Council of Global Affairs recently described
[https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/commentary-and-analysis/blogs/americans-and-us-china-trade-relations]
some new polling it had conducted on issues related to economic relations
between China and the United States. Their broad conclusion is that "[t]he
American public
Hong Kong Textile Company Fights Inclusion on "Entity List"
A Hong Kong textile company has gone to U.S. court to challenge its inclusion on
the "Entity List
[https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list]
" maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce. While its request for a