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,

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

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

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

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.

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:

Based on a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), President Biden may soon issue a decision to block the purchase of a South Korean semiconductor company by a Chinese equity fund due to national security concerns, although the outcome is still uncertain at this