SenseTime Added To U.S. Treasury Investment Blacklist
On Friday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the U.S. Treasury Department
added
[https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211210]
the Chinese company SenseTime to its non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial
Complex
Companies List
[https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/consolidated-sanctions-
MIIT Orders the Removal of 106 Apps from App Stores
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced today
that 106 apps must be removed from app stores for continuing to infringe on
consumer rights. Among them, 5 apps were designated by the MIIT and 101 apps
were identified by provincial agencies. Additional administrative penalties may
be
Lead Negotiators of China's WTO Accession Comment on China's Implementation
At a WITA webinar [https://www.wita.org/events/chinas-wto-20-years/] today
commemorating the 20 year anniversary of China's accession to the WTO, several
key figures from the accession negotiations on both the U.S. and Chinese sides
offered remarks and responded to questions. The speakers
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
In a 428-1 vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021412?BillNum=H.R.1155] the "Uyghur Forced
Labor Prevention Act
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text]," which is
intended to "[e]nsur[e]
Chinese Officials Speak Highly of China's Accession to the WTO and Say More Work Still To Be Done
At a recent conference, Chinese officials, including China's Ambassador to the
WTO, Li Chenggang, spoke highly of China's decision to join the organization,
and praised China's performance at the WTO over the past two decades. Li also
acknowledged that China should actively participate in
Australia Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics [Update: Canada and UK Make Announcements Too]
At a press conference
[https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-penshurst-nsw] on December 8,
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia "will not be
sending any official representatives to the forthcoming Winter Games in China."
He cited "the human rights abuses in Xinjiang
EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Aluminum Converter Foil Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2338] definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of aluminum converter foil from China. The
level of the anti-dumping duties ranges from 15.4% to 28.5%. One interesting
aspect of the Commission's