Republican Senators Keep Pressure on Biden Administration BIS Nominee
Following up on questions he asked Alan Estevez -- the Biden administration's nominee for Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce -- about general export control policies relating to China, the Entity List, and the companies Huawei and Honor during the nomination hearing, Senator
U.S. Solar Companies Argue that Chinese Economic Coercion Justifies Keeping Identities Secret in AD/CVD Proceeding
As we described here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-industry-files-anti-circumvention-petition-related-to-ad-cvd-orders-on/]
, on August 16 a group of U.S. companies called the American Solar Manufacturers
Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention petitions
related to AD/CVD orders
China Revises List of Industries for Which Investment Is Restricted or Prohibited
On October 8, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and
Ministry of Commerce unveiled a draft version
[https://www.ndrc.gov.cn/yjzxDownload/sczrfmqd2021.pdf] (link in Chinese) of a
list of industries for which investment is restricted or prohibited
(市场准入负面清单(2021年版公开征求意见稿)). The draft negative list is open
New Calls by Republicans to Add Huawei Spin-off Honor to Entity List
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-list-or-not-to-list-biden-administration-faces-dilemma-on-chinese-phone-company-with-former-ties-to-huawei/]
several weeks ago, the Biden administration is divided over whether to add
Chinese smartphone maker Honor Device Co. Ltd. to an export blacklist on
Republican Members of Congress Press USTR on China's Economic Role in Latin America/Caribbean
Thirteen Republican members of the House of Representatives -- a list of these
members is included at the end of this piece -- sent a letter
[https://crawford.house.gov/uploadedfiles/scan.pdf] to U.S. Trade Representative
Katherine Tai expressing concern about "the growing influence and intensified
engagement of China
China Updates Its Trade Data for the First Three Quarters of 2021
China's State Council Information Office hosted a press conference
[http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/xwfb34/302330/3946708/index.html] on
September 13, during which Chinese customs officials explained China’s trade
data for the first three quarters of this year. Overall, China’s trade grew 22.7
China Extends Anti-Dumping Duties on U.S. Plastics
On October 12, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued an expiry review
determination for the anti-dumping duties currently in effect on Polyamide-6,6
slices/chips originating in the United States. In the determination, No. 29
Announcement
[http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zwgk/zcfb/202110/20211003206518.shtml] (link