On July 14, the U.S. Senate passed [https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2021/7/14/senate-section/article/s4905-6] , by voice vote, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/65?r=12&s=1]. In a press release

On July 13, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted [https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-acts-protect-national-security-communications-supply-chain-0] an order [https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-21-86A1.pdf] that updates the rules on reimbursing telecoms companies for the cost of removing,

On July 13, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) spoke [https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2021/07/13/167/122/CREC-2021-07-13-pt1-PgS4837-4.pdf] on the Senate floor about China’s growing economic influence in Latin America: > Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, last night I had

During the Trump administration, the U.S. government raised the issue of the role of the state in the Chinese economy and the implications for how China fits within the world trading system. The administration also started a broader discussion of market orientation as a principle at the WTO. This

Last week, there was discussion in both the UK and European Parliaments of a possible "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Olympics in 2022. Parliamentary leaders are not the ones making the final decision on this issue, but nevertheless the views of legislators could have an impact and are

In a July 12 letter [http://docs.chinatrademonitor.com/mccaul-ymtc.pdf] to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) argued that Chinese semiconductor maker Yangtze Memory Technologies Company (YMTC) should be included on the Commerce Department's Entity List [https:

Australia has been pressing forward recently with two WTO complaints against Chinese AD/CVD measures. It requested a panel on AD/CVD measures against barley [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] (that panel was established on May 28, but is not yet