China Removes Restrictions on Canadian Canola Seeds
The Canadian government announced yesterday that "Canada has been advised that
China has reinstated access to its market for two Canadian companies that China
Customs had suspended from exporting canola seed to China since March 2019." The
Chinese restrictions had been the subject of a Canadian request for
Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Calls for Taiwan's Inclusion in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
In advance of the Biden administration's expected launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) next week, a bipartisan group of 52 Senators sent a letter to President Biden yesterday calling for the inclusion of Taiwan in the IPEF.
Xi Calls for More Integration But Faces Difficult Trade Climate
At the Conference of the 70th Anniversary of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT, an agency to promote foreign trade and investment) and the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit on May 18, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for "dialogue over confrontation, tear[ing] down walls
SEC Adds 12 Companies for Delisting, Reaching 140 in Total
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently added another 12 companies to its list of companies that fail to comply with U.S. auditing requirements and are therefore subject to possible delisting.
U.S.-EU TTC Meeting Touches on Competition with China
On May 15 and 16 in France, the United States and the European Union held their second round of ministerial meetings as part of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), to "advance Transatlantic cooperation and democratic approaches to trade, technology, and security that deliver for people on both sides
Canadian Senate Debates Bill that Would Ban Goods from Xinjiang
As we reported last November, Canadian Senator Leo Housakos of the opposition Conservative party introduced a bill to amend the Customs Tariff so as to prohibit the importation of goods manufactured in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Last week, the Canadian Senate debated the bill as part of
Chinese Officials Say Government Will Boost Digital Economy
During a recent meeting on the digital economy at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said the government will support the development of the digital economy and the listing of tech companies both domestically and abroad. Other members of the CPPCC also