WTO

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
GSP

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-
WTO

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
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