EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Steel Wind Towers Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2346] definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of steel wind towers from China. The level of
the anti-dumping duties ranges from 7.2% to 19.2%. One aspect of the
Commission's reasoning
U.S. Commerce Department Adds More Chinese Companies to Entity List, Focusing on Biotech
In an announcement
[https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/12/commerce-acts-deter-misuse-biotechnology-other-us-technologies-peoples]
of a final rule to be published in the federal register
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/17/2021-27406/addition-of-certain-entities-to-the-entity-list-
WTO Members Discuss Chinese Export Control Law
In recent years, China has been developing an export control law, which to some
extent is similar to that of the United States and other countries. As China is
still developing the implementing regulations, other governments have been
weighing in and raising concerns.
At the July 8 and 9, 2021
China and France Hold High Level Dialogue to Strengthen Cooperation on Trade and Financial Services
On December 13, China and France held the 8th High Level Economic and Financial
Dialogue. The two sides discussed cooperation on trade and financial services
markets, as well as macroeconomic policy coordination. Chinese Vice-Premier HU
Chunhua and French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire co-chaired the
Dialogue.
WTO Members Discuss Transparency of China's Subsidy Notifications
At the July 8 and 9, 2021 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for
which the minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M140.pdf&Open=True]
, several WTO
Chinese Purchase of Korean Semiconductor Company Rejected in CFIUS Review
In mid-September, we wrote about
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/cfius-and-korean-government-finishing-up-security-review-of-chinese-purchase-of-korean-semiconductor-company/]
a CFIUS review of a proposed purchase of a South Korean semiconductor company by
a Chinese equity fund. The purchase has now been cancelled, as
U.S. House and Senate Agree To Compromise Legislation on Uyghur Forced Labor Import Ban
Having previously passed slightly different versions of legislation designed to
address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (see here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/senate-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] and
here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/]
), the U.S.