Simon Lester

U.S. Appeals Court Ruling Means TikTok Likely To Face Ban

The prospects for TikTok's operations in the United States have taken a big hit today as a U.S. appeals court rejected a constitutional challenge to a statute requiring that the app be divested or banned by January of next year.

Section 301 Petition on Fentanyl Withdrawn

The U.S. Trade Representative's Office announced this week that a Section 301 petition related to China's "acts, policies, and practices related to its exports of illicit fentanyl to the United States" had been withdrawn.
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WTO Meeting Discusses Canadian EV Surtaxes

At the meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods this week, China raised the issue of Canada's recent surtaxes on Chinese goods, including on electric vehicles.

Biden Administration Issues New Advanced Semiconductor Export Rules

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced "a package of rules designed to further impair the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in the next generation of advanced weapon systems and

Final Chinese Barriers to Australian Meat Exports Lifted

The Australian government has announced that the remaining hurdles to selling Australian meat in China have now been lifted.

China, Taiwan CPTPP Bids Stalled

As part of the eighth Commission Meeting of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership last week, the official statement from the parties includes two items that relate to China, although China is not mentioned by name.

UK Forces Chinese Company to Sell Holdings in Scottish Semiconductor Firm

Last month, the British government issued a "notice of final order" that China-registered Future Technology Devices International Holding Ltd must sell 80.2 percent of Scottish fabless semiconductor firm FTDI, due to national security risks.
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