Biden Administration Announces "Diplomatic Boycott" of Beijing Olympics
At separate press conferences on December 6, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki
and State Department spokesperson Ned Price confirmed various news reports that
the United States would carry out a "diplomatic boycott" of the 2022 Beijing
Olympics. Psaki and Price both described the action in the following terms:
New Chinese Measures on Import and Export Food Safety Take Effect Next Year
China is set to enforce its new rules governing import and export food safety on
January 1, 2022. The Measures of the People's Republic of China for the
Administration of Import and Export Food Safety (进出口食品安全管理办法
[http://jckspj.customs.gov.cn/spj/zcfg18/bmgz91/3625580/index.html] ) (link
Guest Post: Trade Barrier Investigations in China, by Zhiguo YU
This is a guest post by Zhiguo YU, partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm, fellow of Institute of International Dispute Settlement, Tsinghua University and the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law Center, and arbitrator of Tianjin Arbitration Commission.
1. INTRODUCTION
Trade barrier investigations in China are designed to address
New Treasury Department Report Finds China Is Not Manipulating Currency
On December 3, the U.S. Treasury Department issued its biannual report
[https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/206/December-2021-FXR-FINAL.pdf] to
Congress on "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading
Partners of the United States." As part of that report, Treasury evaluated
"
Canadian MP Calls for Huawei 5G Ban
During a December 2 session of the Canadian House of Commons, Conservative MP Ed
Fast pressed
[https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/house/sitting-9/hansard#Int-11438928]
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of of Innovation, Science and Industry in
the Trudeau government, on whether a ban on Huawei
Proposed U.S. CVD Legislation Addresses Chinese Subsidies in Foreign Countries
On December 2, U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH)
introduced legislation, H.R.6121
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6121?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22terri+sewell%22%2C%22terri%22%2C%22sewell%22%5D%7D&s=3&
Chinese Trade Development Plan Envisions Expanding Foreign Trade over the Next Five Years
Last month, China’s State Council approved the 14th-Five-Year-Plan on High
Quality Development of Foreign Trade
[http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2021-11/24/5653009/files/2b503a03727a459eb49fe8e620461744.pdf]
(link in Chinese), which is the development plan for trade over the period of
2021-2025. The document