Commerce Secretary Raimondo Talks About New Indo-Pacific "Economic Framework"
During an interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvvLyCLsw3I] at the
Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore Wednesday, Commerce Secretary Gina
Raimondo was asked to clarify the U.S. approach to trade relations in Asia,
including its interest in the CPTPP or some alternative, and China's role
Republican Senators Urge Commerce Department to Put Chinese Artificial Intelligence Companies on Entity List
Five Republican Senators – Tom Cotton (R-AR), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Bill Hagerty
(R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) -- sent a letter
[https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-call-on-secretary-raimondo-to-blacklist-companies-that-provide-ai-technology-to-the-
China Issues Draft Regulations on Network Data Security
On November 14, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft of
the Regulations on Network Data Security (网络数据安全管理条例(征求意见稿)
[http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-11/14/c_1638501991577898.htm] (link in Chinese)).
The draft is open to public comments until December 13.
The draft is part of
Xi-Biden Meeting Touches on Trade Issues But China-U.S. Trade Policies Remain Unchanged
U.S. President Biden and Chinese President Xi met virtually on Monday night in
an effort to cool tensions. A wide range of issues were discussed during the
meeting, including bilateral trade relations, even though that was not a major
part of the conversation. Biden mentioned the enforcement of the
U.S. Senate Hearing on Two Commerce Department Nominees Raises Various U.S.-China Trade Issues
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing
[https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-lisa-w-wang-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-commerce-vice-jeffrey-kessler]
today on the nominations of two Commerce Department officials: Maria Louise Lago
as
USDOC Rejects U.S. Solar Industry Anti-Circumvention Petition; Industry Considers Next Steps
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-companies-argue-that-chinese-economic-coercion-justifies-keeping-identities-secret-in-ad-cvd-proceeding/]
, 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
Public Comments Received in Section 232 Investigation on Neodymium Magnets
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-initiates-section-232-investigation-on-neodymium-magnets/]
, in late September the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of
1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/