Australia Makes First Submission in China - Barley WTO Dispute, Makes Claim on Individual Dumping Margins
Following up on earlier posts about Australia's complaint
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/]
and the panel composition
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-barley-ad-cvd-wto-panel-composed/] in
the China - Barley WTO dispute (DS598), Australia has now posted
More Details Emerge on WTO Debate Over Appointment of Taiwanese Delegate as Committee Chair
As we reported here and here, there has been a debate over the appointment of a Taiwanese delegate as chair of the WTO's Government Procurement Committee, with most parties to the agreement in favor of the appointment, but Hong Kong blocking consensus. The division continues at this Committee,
Australia and NZ Trade Ministers Comment on CPTPP and China Trade Issues
At a joint press conference
[https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/dan-tehan/transcript/press-conference-new-zealand-trade-minister]
on November 19 after their meeting, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and
Investment Dan Tehan and New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien
O'Connor were asked
EU Anti-Dumping Decision on Optical Fibre Cables Discusses Role of CCP in Company Management
The European Commission has adopted
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2322] definitive
anti-dumping measures on imports of optical fibre cables from China. The level
of the anti-dumping duties ranges from 19.7% to 44%. One interesting aspect of
the Commission's reasoning
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Calls for Further Tightening Trade and Investment with China
On November 17, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released
its 2021 Annual Report to Congress. The report
[https://www.uscc.gov/annual-report/2021-annual-report-congress] argues that
“China's leadership resorted to a familiar playbook of government support for
industry,” and in certain
Deputy USTR Bianchi Responds to Senate Questions on China
As a follow up to the June 24 Senate Finance Committee hearing
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/deputy-ustr-nominee-sarah-bianchi-on-tariffs-against-china-and-chinese-digital-trade-regulation/]
on the nomination of Sarah Bianchi to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
(with oversight of Asia/China policy)
Australian Trade Minister Wants Trade Talks With China
Australian trade minister Dan Tehan said during an interview
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-11-17/australia-needs-constructive-dialogue-with-china-tehan-video]
with Bloomberg Television on Wednesday that he is "very much looking forward" to
"constructive engagement" with China, which is a