Simon Lester
U.S. Commerce Department Sets Final Glass Wine Bottles CVD Rates
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced final countervailing duty rates for glass wine bottles from China, and its reasoning in the case discusses the role of the CCP in Chinese companies.
EU Sets Provisional Anti-Dumping Rates on Chinese Biodiesel
Last week, the European Commission issued Implementing Regulation 2024/2163, imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of biodiesel originating in China.
EU Adjusts Countervailing Duties on Chinese EVs
The European Commission announced today that it had made some adjustments to the provisional countervailing duties it previously set on imports of Chinese EVs, as part of the draft definitive findings given to the parties for review.
Members of Congress Push for Investigation of Chinese Router Firm
Last week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for an investigation of Chinese router maker TP-Link.
Second Chinese Firm Challenges DOD "Military Company" Designation
Chinese semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has become the second Chinese company to challenge a U.S. Defense Department decision to designate it as a "Chinese military company."
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues:
* New Chinese export controls on antimony and equipment
* The state of the Chinese battery and solar sectors
* Enforcement of an international arbitration award in a case by a Chinese investment company against the Nigerian government
* Five additions to the U.S. UFPLA
EU Court Rejects Nuctech Case against Commission on Subsidies Action
A Chinese-owned company that makes security equipment tried to challenge a European Commission search of its European offices in a case related to an investigation of subsidies, but the EU General Court has rejected its claim.