Simon Lester
USITC Report on Caribbean Trade Offers Insights on Chinese Investment in the Region
On September 30, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued its
25th
report on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)
[https://usitc.gov/publications/332/pub5231.pdf], a U.S. program "intended to
encourage economic growth and development in the Caribbean Basin countries by
promoting increased production
Congress Considers Legislation To Push Back Against Chinese Telecoms Equipment in Central/Eastern Europe
Both the U.S. Senate and House are considering legislation that attempts to push
Central and Eastern European countries away from using Chinese telecoms
equipment such as that of Huawei or ZTE. The Senate bill was just recently
introduced; the House bill was introduced in May and could undergo a
USTR Asks for Comments on Possible Extension of Solar Safeguard Measure
As we described in two
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-companies-ask-for-extension-of-section-201-solar-tariffs/]
posts
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-developments-in-section-201-solar-tariff-extension-petition-second-petition-and-litigation-schedule/]
in August, the USITC is in the process of considering whether
FCC Sets Out Application Details for Reimbursement of Removal and Replacement of Chinese Telecoms Equipment
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/fcc-program-for-removal-and-replacement-of-chinese-telecoms-equipment-moves-forward/]
in July, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved ahead with a
plan for reimbursing telecoms companies for the cost of removing, replacing, and
disposing of communications equipment that
WTO Panel Established for Dispute between Japan and China over Steel Anti-Dumping Duties
A WTO panel was established
[https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_27sep21_e.htm] on September 27
to hear a complaint brought by Japan over China's anti-dumping (AD) duties on
stainless steel products. The panel has not been composed yet. This piece sets
U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Statement Discusses Cooperation on Non-Market Economies
At the conclusion of the first meeting of their new "Trade and Technology
Council" (TTC) today, the U.S. and the EU issued a joint statement
[https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2021/september/us-eu-trade-and-technology-council-inaugural-joint-statement]
New Paper Shows How WTO Jurisprudence Has Created Flexibilities for Anti-Dumping Actions against Distorted Markets, Which China Has Made Use Of
A new paper [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3929143] by
legal scholars Weihuan Zhou and Xiaomeng Qu looks at the evolution of the World
Trade Organization (WTO)’s jurisprudence on anti-dumping (AD), focusing on the
flexibility the WTO AD Agreement provides for tackling market distortions