At the July 8 and 9, 2021 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M140.pdf&Open=True] , several WTO

In mid-September, we wrote about [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/cfius-and-korean-government-finishing-up-security-review-of-chinese-purchase-of-korean-semiconductor-company/] a CFIUS review of a proposed purchase of a South Korean semiconductor company by a Chinese equity fund. The purchase has now been cancelled, as

Having previously passed slightly different versions of legislation designed to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (see here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/senate-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] and here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] ), the U.S.

On December 14, China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued a notice providing more information related to the new registration requirements for companies that export food to China. The Notice, No.103 of 2021 (link in Chinese), is part of the implementation of the Provisions of the People'

As part of his visit to a number of Asian countries, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech [https://www.state.gov/a-free-and-open-indo-pacific/] yesterday about various aspects of the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy, including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Previously, we reported that the European Commission has discussed the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Chinese companies in several of its recent anti-dumping rulings (see here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/eu-anti-dumping-decision-on-aluminum-converter-foil-discusses-role-of-ccp-in-company-management/] , here

On Friday, as part of the Summit for Democracy [https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/] it organized, the Biden administration announced the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative, a coordinated effort among several governments related to export controls and human rights, with China as one of the targets. A