U.S. Standards Agency Studying China's "Policies and Influence in the Development of International Standards for Emerging Technologies"
On November 4, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
issued a notice
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/04/2021-24090/study-on-peoples-republic-of-china-prc-policies-and-influence-in-the-development-of-international]
soliciting public comment on China's "policies
Key Legal Issues in the WTO Dispute on China’s Anti-Dumping Rulings on Australian Wine
On October 26, a WTO panel was established
[https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_26oct21_e.htm] to hear
Australia’s complaint (DS602) about China’s anti-dumping measures on Australian
wine.
As background, China launched an anti-dumping investigation and a countervailing
duty investigation on
NZ, U.S. Trade Experts Discuss Prospects for China, Taiwan CPTPP Accession
At a Washington International Trade Association (WITA) webinar on the CPTPP
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-ZYzWe77Y] yesterday, Tim Groser, formerly
New Zealand's ambassador to the United States, and Wendy Cutler, formerly of
USTR, both offered thoughts on various aspects of the applications by China and
U.S. Senators Introduce New Bill to Broaden CFIUS
On November 2, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced
a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments where sensitive personal
information is involved.
The bill, S. 3130
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/
MIIT Identifies 55 Apps That Violated User Rights
On November 3, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
issued
[https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_cb78e71c3200476c97f86ff74611faf9.html]
(link in Chinese) a list of 55 apps which were found to have violated users'
legal rights. The MIIT requires these companies to
China Raises USMCA Investment Provision Related To Non-Market Economies at WTO Meeting
As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/REG/407-2.pdf&Open=True]
the USMCA parties about a specific
China Proposes Measures on Security Assessment for Data Exports
On October 29, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft (link in Chinese) of Measures on Security Assessment of Data Exports (数据出境安全评估办法) (unofficial English translation here). The draft is now open for public comments until November 28, 2021. The draft is formulated in accordance with China’s Data