Simon Lester

Imports of Chinese Solar Company's Products Held Up By U.S. Customs Due To Labor Rights Concerns

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-u-s-actions-related-to-forced-labor-in-xinjiang-in-the-solar-sector/] a couple months ago, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has been blocking shipments of some imports of solar products on the basis of ties to forced labor in

U.S. Trade Rep. Tai Says Implementation of Phase-One China Trade Deal and Broader China Review Still Ongoing

Yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke to [https://agwired.com/2021/09/21/trade-ambassador-addresses-nasda/] the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). In that context, she commented on Chinese commitments under the Phase One trade deal to purchase agricultural products from the United States,

BIS Nominees Testify at Senate Hearing

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing today in which it considered the nominations of Alan Estevez and Thea Kendler for key positions at the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Commerce Department. As explained by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) during

China Formally Applies to Join CPTPP: Issues, Reactions, and Prospects

After many official and unofficial statements in recent months and years that China was considering doing so, on September 16 China formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). In this piece, we discuss: the CPTPP provisions that will guide the process; the government

European Parliament Sets Out Its Vision for an EU-China Strategy

On September 16, the European Parliament adopted a report that it characterized as [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210910IPR11917/parliament-sets-out-its-vision-for-a-new-eu-strategy-on-china] setting out "its vision for a new EU strategy on China." The report
WTO

China Decides to Appeal WTO Panel Report on Solar Safeguards

In early September, we wrote about [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-appeal-or-not-to-appeal-the-question-facing-china-in-the-wto-dispute-on-solar-safeguards/] the choice faced by China in relation to a WTO panel report which rejected China's WTO complaint against a U.S.

China Updates WTO on Its Anti-Dumping Actions

Pursuant to Article 16.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, China recently provided its semi-annual report of its anti-dumping actions, covering the period January 1 – June 30, 2021. The report (WTO document G/ADP/N/357/CHN [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:
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