USTR Releases 2023 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement
Earlier this week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its 2023 Special 301 Report "on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights," repeating many of its long-standing complaints about Chinese policies and practices in
U.S. National Security Adviser Comments on China Trade Relations, Says No "Decoupling"
Biden administration National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan gave a speech today on international economic issues, touching on various China trade issues.
Egyptian Port Project Now Under Chinese Antitrust Review
The Chinese antitrust agency is now conducting an anti-monopoly review on an Egyptian joint venture in which Chinese shipping company COSCO has a share.
U.S. Senators Want COMAC on Sanctions List
Two Republican U.S. Senators have called for adding the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), a Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturer, to the Commerce Department's Military End User (MEU) List.
China Follows Through on Deals from Xi-Macron Meeting
As a follow up to the Macron-Xi meeting earlier this month, the Chinese government recently started the domestic process of allowing more French food imports, and moved ahead with the regulatory process for two French GI applications.
China Raises U.S. EV/Semiconductor Subsidies at WTO Meeting
At the November 2022 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes were recently circulated, several issues related to trade with China were raised for the first time (including U.S. subsidies on clean energy and semiconductors), and various other previously raised issues
U.S. Trade Rep. Reaffirms Approach to China Trade
In a call with journalists yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai was asked two questions specifically about trade with China, and in her responses confirmed what she and others in the Biden administration have been saying: "decoupling" with China is not their goal.