Recent News Reports Discuss Israel's Challenge in Balancing U.S., China Relationships
Several recent news reports have indicated that Israel is in the midst of a careful balancing act in terms of its relations with the United States and with China. While it would like to keep up a good economic and political relationship with China, its long and close alliance with
China Opens More to Foreign Investment, with Some Twists
On January 1, 2022, China's two updated negative lists for foreign investment came into effect. On paper, the shortened lists, with fewer sectors excluded from foreign investment, mean foreign investors are allowed to invest in more areas than before, with the auto and telecommunications manufacturing sectors being of
China Publishes List of Trade Remedy Cases Set to Expire
China’s Ministry of Commerce recently notified that three anti-dumping and countervailing measures are about to expire in the second half of this year. Unless the domestic industry or the agency initiates an expiry review, the measures will be terminated.
Japan, U.S., Other Members Raise Concerns with China's Cybersecurity Measures at WTO Meeting
At a WTO meeting of the Council for Trade in Services on October 22, 2021, Japan and the U.S. put China's cybersecurity measures on the agenda. These two Members, along with Canada, Australia, and the EU, offered comments on the measures, expressing concern with the burdens they
Highlights from Question & Answer Phase of China's Trade Policy Review
On December 22, the WTO circulated the question and answer part of China's Trade Policy Review. The full document is 562 pages and contains hundreds of questions and answers, so it is difficult to provide a comprehensive summary. What we have tried to do in this piece is
U.S. Treasury Lists Chinese Companies and Individual for Illicit Drugs
On December 15, the U.S. Treasury Department added one Chinese individual and
several Chinese companies to a designated list on the basis of their involvement
in illicit drug trade. The designated persons and related personnel would be
subject to sanctions, including blocking assets and denial of entrance into the
EU Countervailing Duty Decision on Aluminum Converter Foil Discusses Role of CCP in Bank Decision-Making
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2348] definitive
countervailing duties on imports of aluminum converter foil from China. The
level of anti-dumping duties imposed
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/eu-anti-dumping-decision-on-aluminum-converter-foil-discusses-role-of-ccp-