Latest WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiating Text Addresses Forced Labor
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/two-recent-biden-administration-actions-against-forced-labor-in-fishing/]
in June, on May 26 the Biden administration put forward a proposal
[https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/IssueAreas/Trade%20Organizations/WTO/US.Proposal.Forced.Labor.26May2021.final%5B2%5D.pdf]
in the
Canadian Retail Company Pulls Products Made In China Due to Forced Labor Concerns
In response to a story
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-canadian-brands-forced-labour-1.6236820]
by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the Canadian company Reitmans
has pulled certain products from its shelves due to concerns that they were made
in a Chinese factory that used forced labor
Chinese Expert Explains Recent GSP Announcement
We previously reported on the announcement by China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) that it will stop issuing Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) certificates to Chinese goods that are exported to EU members, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine and Liechtenstein, effective on December 1, 2021. Some confusion and
Chinese Court Fines Apple for Copyright Infringement In Latest Round of Litigation
In a recent IP dispute, China’s Tianjin Binhai People’s Court ruled that
American company Apple was responsible for unauthorized content published by
third-party apps in the App Store. As a result, Apple was fined 12 million yuan
(USD 1.9 million), according to a report
[http://www.
Domestic Industry Points to Changed Treasury Department Conclusions on Currency Issues in Review of Solar CVD
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/review-of-solar-cvd-looks-at-chinese-currency-undervaluation/]
, in an administrative review for a U.S. countervailing duty order for imports
of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China during 2019, the domestic
industry alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period
GOP Senators Send Letter to U.S. International Development Finance Corporation on Solar Panels and Forced Labor
On November 4, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rick Scott
(R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ben Sasse (R-NE), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) sent
a
letter
[https://www.rubio.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E6762115-790A-42E5-AED1-
Taiwan Raises Fruit Ban Concerns with China at WTO Committee
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/taiwan-may-challenge-china-at-the-wto-over-fruit-bans/]
, in September China’s Customs agency announced
[http://www.customs.gov.cn//customs/302249/zfxxgk/zfxxgkml34/3892452/index.html]
(link in Chinese) that it would suspend imports of sugar apples (also known