On December 14, China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued a notice providing more information related to the new registration requirements for companies that export food to China. The Notice, No.103 of 2021 (link in Chinese), is part of the implementation of the Provisions of the People'

As part of his visit to a number of Asian countries, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech [https://www.state.gov/a-free-and-open-indo-pacific/] yesterday about various aspects of the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy, including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Previously, we reported that the European Commission has discussed the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Chinese companies in several of its recent anti-dumping rulings (see here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/eu-anti-dumping-decision-on-aluminum-converter-foil-discusses-role-of-ccp-in-company-management/] , here

On Friday, as part of the Summit for Democracy [https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/] it organized, the Biden administration announced the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative, a coordinated effort among several governments related to export controls and human rights, with China as one of the targets. A

On Friday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the U.S. Treasury Department added [https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211210] the Chinese company SenseTime to its non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List [https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/consolidated-sanctions-

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced today that 106 apps must be removed from app stores for continuing to infringe on consumer rights. Among them, 5 apps were designated by the MIIT and 101 apps were identified by provincial agencies. Additional administrative penalties may be

At a WITA webinar [https://www.wita.org/events/chinas-wto-20-years/] today commemorating the 20 year anniversary of China's accession to the WTO, several key figures from the accession negotiations on both the U.S. and Chinese sides offered remarks and responded to questions. The speakers