Simon Lester

Taiwan Representative Testifies before Australian Parliamentary Committee on Joining CPTPP

On October 12, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade heard testimony from [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25097/&sid=0001] Elliott Charng of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

Two Provisional EU AD Measures Discuss Role of CCP in Company Management

Continuing its trend of looking at the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in company management when carrying out the normal value calculation in anti-dumping cases, the European Commission last week issued two decisions adopting provisional measures in which it examined this issue. One case involved imports of

Senator Cotton Calls on U.S. Trade Representative to "Stop China’s Admission to" CPTPP

In a letter [https://www.cotton.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ustr_cptpp_letter.pdf] to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai dated October 5, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) called on [https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-calls-on-us-trade-representative-to-stop-chinas-admission-
BIS

Republican Senators Keep Pressure on Biden Administration BIS Nominee

Following up on questions he asked Alan Estevez -- the Biden administration's nominee for Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce -- about general export control policies relating to China, the Entity List, and the companies Huawei and Honor during the nomination hearing, Senator

U.S. Solar Companies Argue that Chinese Economic Coercion Justifies Keeping Identities Secret in AD/CVD Proceeding

As we described here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-industry-files-anti-circumvention-petition-related-to-ad-cvd-orders-on/] , on August 16 a group of U.S. companies called the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention petitions related to AD/CVD orders

New Calls by Republicans to Add Huawei Spin-off Honor to Entity List

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-list-or-not-to-list-biden-administration-faces-dilemma-on-chinese-phone-company-with-former-ties-to-huawei/] several weeks ago, the Biden administration is divided over whether to add Chinese smartphone maker Honor Device Co. Ltd. to an export blacklist on

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
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