Japan Takes Measured Approach to Sending Government Officials to Beijing Olympics
Last week, Japan announced that it would not send a government delegation of
senior officials to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. Kyodo News said
[https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/12/674ae8ca3073-breaking-news-japan-eyes-not-sending-senior-officials-to-beijing-olympics-sources.html]
that the decision was "
China Agrees To Use Arbitration Appeal Mechanism in WTO Wine Dispute With Australia
In a WTO complaint
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/key-legal-issues-in-the-wto-dispute-on-chinas-anti-dumping-rulings-on-australian-wine/]
by Australia against Chinese anti-dumping duties on Australian wine (DS602),
China and Australia have agreed to procedures
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?
China Addresses Administrative Market Barriers
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently issued 18
cases of local governments creating market barriers to curb competition, and
stated that it will continue working with other agencies and third-parties to
launch investigations to ensure the negative list system is fully implemented.
The NDRC announcement,
China Plans to Adjust Some Tariffs on Imports and Exports
China's Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council recently announced a
series of tariff adjustments, including voluntary tariff reductions, tariff
reductions under trade agreements, and in the meantime tariff hikes for some
items.
According to the notice
[http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2021-12/15/content_5660939.
U.S. Defense Bill Prohibits Certain Procurement from Xinjiang Region
In the $768 billion
[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/politics/defense-spending-bill.html] U.S.
defense spending bill that Congress recently passed (National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, H.R.4350
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4350]), there is a
DJI and Other Chinese Companies Added To U.S. Treasury Investment Blacklist
The Office of Foreign Assets Control at the U.S. Treasury Department has
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/22/2021-27642/notice-of-ofac-sanctions-actions]
added
[https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211216]
the Chinese company DJI, a maker of drones, and seven
Guest Post: 30 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Korea and China: Changes in Trade Structure and Its Implication
This is a guest post by Kyounghwa Kim of the Korea International Trade
Association (KITA). It summarizes a longer KITA report by Bo-Hee Jun and Ui-Yoon
Jo.
The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) published a paper entitled “30
years of Diplomatic Relations between Korea and China: Changes in