Simon Lester
Congressional China Committee Issues Report on Venture Capital Funding of Investment in China
Last week, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) 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 (CCP) issued a report titled "The CCP's Investors: How American Venture Capital Fuels the PRC Military and
U.S. Commerce Department Sets Preliminary Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties on Chinese Pea Protein
In two recent decisions, the U.S. Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that pea protein imported from China is being dumping and subsidized.
EU Submission in WTO Dispute with Indonesia Addresses Chinese Cross-Border Subsidies
A recent WTO complaint filed by Indonesia against EU countervailing and anti-dumping duty measures on Indonesian steel imports involves several claims related to subsidies provided by the Chinese government.
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues.
In China:
* Xinjiang export data
* Anti-dumping duties on Indian chemicals extended
* Data on offshore service outsourcing contracts
* Court rulings in trademark case
In the U.S.:
* Anti-dumping/countervailing duties on tin mill products rejected
* U.S. Trade Rep. remarks
* Comments on semiconductor
WTO Meeting Discusses CVDs, Chinese Subsidy Concerns, U.S. IRA, CHIPS Act
At the October 27 meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, for which the minutes were recently circulated, there were criticisms by China of other Members' countervailing duty practices (including the recent EU action on electric vehicles), and criticisms by other Member of China&
China Provides WTO With Second Half of 2023 Update on Countervailing Duty Actions
Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the SCM Agreement, China recently provided to the WTO its semi-annual report of its countervailing duty actions, covering the period July 1 – December 31, 2023.
U.S. ITC Rejects Tin Mill Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties
Not long after a U.S. Commerce Department determination on the amount of anti-dumping/countervailing duties to be imposed on imports of tin mill products from China and several other countries, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that there was no injury to the domestic industry, meaning