In APEC Speech, Xi Pledges a High Standard Market System
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke virtually at the APEC CEO Summit on November
11, calling for “sustainable development in a concerted effort to build an
Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.” During the speech
[https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1919060.shtml], Xi mentioned
joint efforts
China Notifies WTO of State Trading Enterprise Imports and Exports
The WTO circulated today
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/STR/N18CHN.pdf&Open=True]
a notification from China submitted on October 19, 2021 entitled "New and full
notification pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT
[https://www.worldtradelaw.net/
Panel Composed in WTO Complaint Brought By Canada on Canola Seeds
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/canada-moves-forward-with-wto-dispute-against-chinese-restrictions-on-canola-seeds/]
, on July 26 the WTO established a panel to hear a dispute over Chinese measures
restricting imports of canola seeds from Canada (DS589). Today, the WTO
announced
[https://docs.wto.
NZ Minister for Trade and Export Growth Responds to Questions on China, Taiwan CPTPP Applications
At a press conference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmNXH0uEYKY] following
the APEC Ministers Meeting, New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth
Damien O'Connor was asked several questions about the applications by Taiwan and
China to join the CPTPP. He avoided offering a specific response to
China’s Rules on Registering Overseas Food Manufacturers Prompt Concerns over Trade Disruption at WTO
On November 2, China’s Customs agency issued the English version of the Provisions of the People's Republic of China on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Food. The Chinese version of the rules, 中华人民共和国进口食品境外生产企业注册管理规定, was issued on April 12, 2021 and will take effect
Commerce Department Makes Final Affirmative CVD Finding on Mobile Access Equipment from China, and Discusses Currency Undervaluation and CCP; ITC Finds Threat of Injury
In July, we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-makes-preliminary-affirmative-cvd-finding-on-mobile-access-equipment-china-but-says-currency-undervaluation-did-not-provide-a-countervailable-benefit/]
on the Commerce Department's preliminary determination
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/07/30/2021-16332/certain-mobile-
New Paper Considers China's Changing Perspective on the WTO
A new paper [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3958510] by
legal scholar Henry Gao looks at how China’s perspective on the WTO has changed
over the years, from initially viewing it as "the symbol for its aspiration to
integrate into the world economy,"