The Chinese electronics company Xiaomi and three individuals associated with it have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S. government’s designation of Xiaomi as a Communist Chinese military company and the resulting restrictions imposed on it. The complaint

At the Canadian Parliament’s House of Commons debate on February 5, 2021 [https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/house/sitting-58/hansard#Int-11121889] , MP James Cummings of the Conservative party pressed William Amos, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, on a

Along the same lines as the questions recently asked [http://tradingwithchinanews.com/2020/12/13/wto-committee-discussion-of-restrictions-on-waste-imports/] by the United States in the WTO Committee on Customs Valuation, the United States raised issues related to China’s import ban on solid waste during a

On February 1, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced [https://usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2021/er0201ll1711.htm] that it had voted to institute a Section 337 investigation of certain imported batteries and products containing these batteries. The complaint in the case alleges violations of Section 337

One of the biggest criticisms of China’s trade practices over the years has been that China engages in “forced technology transfer.” When foreign companies invest in China, they are often required to do so with a joint venture partner, and then the Chinese government pressures the foreign company to

There has been some recent reporting on a new lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara County related to alleged censorship and surveillance of U.S. users on WeChat. Jeanne Whalen of the Washington Post (“ California plaintiffs sue Chinese tech giant Tencent, alleging WeChat app is

There have been several recent developments related to China-Africa economic relations arising from the visit to Africa by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. At a January 4 press conference [https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1844368.shtml], Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying