Simon Lester

U.S.-China Commission Examines Coordination with Allies on China Trade

At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission last week, a panel on "Coordinating Strategy with Key Trade Partners" sought perspectives on how the U.S. government might encourage allies to adopt similar trade policies related to China.

Trade Experts Discuss New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese EVs

At a Washington International Trade Association event last week, a number of U.S. trade experts discussed the reasons that the Biden administration imposed new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), as well as various possible new developments and Chinese reactions.

CTM Weekly Newsletter

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Three sanctions announcements * MOFCOM anti-dumping investigation on POM copolymers * Calls for auto tariffs and other countermeasures against U.S. and EU trade measures * MOFCOM comments on sanctions, anti-dumping investigations, and potential tariffs In the U.S.: * Trade remedy investigations against

U.S.-China Commission Panel Looks at PNTR, WTO Compliance

At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today, a panel on "U.S. Trade Strategy to Address China’s Nonmarket Practices" examined the issue of whether the U.S. should withdraw Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for China and also discussed whether

Former Mexican Trade Official Discusses USMCA Review and Impact on China

A recent CSIS podcast with Kenneth Smith Ramos, Chief Trade Negotiator for Mexico from 2017 to 2018 and one of the architects of USMCA, raised issues related to Chinese production in Mexico intended to avoid U.S. tariffs, as well as more general concerns with Chinese investment in Mexico.

Secretary Yellen Calls for "United" U.S.-EU Approach to Chinese Exports

In remarks on "The Importance and Strength of the Transatlantic Alliance," given in Frankfurt, Germany today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on EU leaders to find a "united way" forward with the U.S. on a response to threats from Chinese industrial policy.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Report Finds Automakers Using Forced Labor

A Senate Finance Committee Majority Staff investigation found that certain automakers had imported cars and parts linked to Chinese forced labor.
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