MIIT Issues Draft Measures Governing Data in Industry and Telecommunication
On September 30, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
issued the Measures for the Administration of Data Security in Industry and
Information Areas (Provisional) (Draft for Comment)
(工业和信息化领域数据安全管理办法（试行）（征求意见稿）). The draft is now open for public comments until
October 30.
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USTR Asks for Comments on Possible Extension of Solar Safeguard Measure
As we described in two
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-companies-ask-for-extension-of-section-201-solar-tariffs/]
posts
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-developments-in-section-201-solar-tariff-extension-petition-second-petition-and-litigation-schedule/]
in August, the USITC is in the process of considering whether
FCC Sets Out Application Details for Reimbursement of Removal and Replacement of Chinese Telecoms Equipment
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/fcc-program-for-removal-and-replacement-of-chinese-telecoms-equipment-moves-forward/]
in July, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved ahead with a
plan for reimbursing telecoms companies for the cost of removing, replacing, and
disposing of communications equipment that
WTO Panel Established for Dispute between Japan and China over Steel Anti-Dumping Duties
A WTO panel was established
[https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_27sep21_e.htm] on September 27
to hear a complaint brought by Japan over China's anti-dumping (AD) duties on
stainless steel products. The panel has not been composed yet. This piece sets
U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Statement Discusses Cooperation on Non-Market Economies
At the conclusion of the first meeting of their new "Trade and Technology
Council" (TTC) today, the U.S. and the EU issued a joint statement
[https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2021/september/us-eu-trade-and-technology-council-inaugural-joint-statement]
New Paper Shows How WTO Jurisprudence Has Created Flexibilities for Anti-Dumping Actions against Distorted Markets, Which China Has Made Use Of
A new paper [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3929143] by
legal scholars Weihuan Zhou and Xiaomeng Qu looks at the evolution of the World
Trade Organization (WTO)’s jurisprudence on anti-dumping (AD), focusing on the
flexibility the WTO AD Agreement provides for tackling market distortions
China Agrees To Use Arbitration Appeal Mechanism in WTO Canola Seed Dispute With Canada
In a WTO complaint
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/canada-moves-forward-with-wto-dispute-against-chinese-restrictions-on-canola-seeds/]
by Canada against Chinese restrictions on the importation of canola seed
(DS589), China and Canada have agreed to procedures
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q: