EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Optical Fibre Cables Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2322] definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of optical fibre cables from China. The level
of the anti-dumping duties ranges from 19.7% to 44%. One interesting aspect of
the Commission's reasoning
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Calls for Further Tightening Trade and Investment with China
On November 17, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released
its 2021 Annual Report to Congress. The report
[https://www.uscc.gov/annual-report/2021-annual-report-congress] argues that
“China's leadership resorted to a familiar playbook of government support for
industry,” and in certain
Deputy USTR Bianchi Responds to Senate Questions on China
As a follow up to the June 24 Senate Finance Committee hearing
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/deputy-ustr-nominee-sarah-bianchi-on-tariffs-against-china-and-chinese-digital-trade-regulation/]
on the nomination of Sarah Bianchi to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
(with oversight of Asia/China policy)
Australian Trade Minister Wants Trade Talks With China
Australian trade minister Dan Tehan said during an interview
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-11-17/australia-needs-constructive-dialogue-with-china-tehan-video]
with Bloomberg Television on Wednesday that he is "very much looking forward" to
"constructive engagement" with China, which is a
Commerce Secretary Raimondo Talks About New Indo-Pacific "Economic Framework"
During an interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvvLyCLsw3I] at the
Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore Wednesday, Commerce Secretary Gina
Raimondo was asked to clarify the U.S. approach to trade relations in Asia,
including its interest in the CPTPP or some alternative, and China's role
Republican Senators Urge Commerce Department to Put Chinese Artificial Intelligence Companies on Entity List
Five Republican Senators – Tom Cotton (R-AR), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Bill Hagerty
(R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) -- sent a letter
[https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-call-on-secretary-raimondo-to-blacklist-companies-that-provide-ai-technology-to-the-
China Issues Draft Regulations on Network Data Security
On November 14, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft of
the Regulations on Network Data Security (网络数据安全管理条例(征求意见稿)
[http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-11/14/c_1638501991577898.htm] (link in Chinese)).
The draft is open to public comments until December 13.
The draft is part of