Simon Lester
Eurasian Economic Union Anti-Dumping Investigation on Chinese Imports Could Raise Crimea Annexation Issues
A Ukrainian international trade law scholar has called attention to a novel anti-dumping/international trade law issue involving Crimea's legal status under international law.
Australian Prime Minister, Trade Minister Visit China
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Trade Minister Don Farrell are visiting China, where they have met with Premier Li Qiang in Shanghai and President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
WTO Panel Announces Timetable for EU-China IP Dispute
In a communication dated November 2, and circulated by the WTO today, a WTO panel estimated that it would issue its final report in an EU complaint against certain Chinese IP practices "not before the second half of 2024."
U.S. Senators' "Pollution Fee" Bill Targets China
Last week, two Republican U.S. Senators introduced a bill that targets China, Russia, and other countries whose manufacturing and natural resource processing involve relatively high carbon emissions.
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues.
In China:
* Economic meetings with Gulf Cooperation Council countries
* Free trade pilot zone in Xinjiang
* MOFCOM comments on Xi-Biden Meeting, potential EU investigation, and foreign investment in China
* Expiry review of hydriodic acid anti-dumping measures
* New SPS requirements issued in October
In
Letters from U.S. Congressmen Raise Hikvision/Dahua Concerns with Retailers
Two members of Congress on a China Commission are pressing retailers Costco and ADI on their sale of products from Chinese companies whose products are connected to allegations of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
U.S. House China Select Committee Members Press Administration on Outbound Investment
Two key members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen with recommendations for the implementation of the Biden Administration's August Executive Order on outbound American investment.