China and U.S. Reach Landmark Audit Agreement; Implementation Remains To Be Seen
On August 26, Chinese and U.S. regulators announced that they signed an agreement on audit supervision cooperation. Officials on both sides made public comments offering their perspective on what was in the deal. Whether the deal will avert the delisting of over 200 Chinese companies on U.S. stock
Federal Judge Rules that Hytera's Antitrust Claims against Motorola Can Go Forward
In an opinion issued last week, a U.S. federal judge in Illinois found that most of the claims in Chinese radio company Hytera's antitrust lawsuit against rival Motorola can go forward.
USTR Requests Written Comments on China's WTO Compliance
In preparation for the Office of the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) annual report to Congress on China's compliance with the commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) has asked for written comments
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues.
In China:
* Imports of pineapples from Indonesia and soybean meal from Zambia were authorized.
* Loans to African countries were forgiven; a new loan for Huawei to build communications towers in the Solomon Islands was announced.
* The lists of demonstration and pilot cities
China Updates Lists of IP Demonstration and Pilot Cities
China's National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) updated the lists of demonstration and pilot cities for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, part of its effort to enhance IPR protection and promote IP.
China Updates WTO on Its Anti-Dumping Actions for First Half of 2022
Pursuant to Article 16.4 of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement, China recently provided its semi-annual report of its anti-dumping actions, covering the period January 1 – June 30, 2022.
MERICS Report on Managing China’s Economic Coercion
In a new paper entitled "Fasten your seatbelts: How to manage China’s economic coercion" published by European think tank MERICS, authors Aya Adachi, Alexander Brown and Max J. Zenglein offer a number of insights into the use of economic coercion by the Chinese government and how it