New House Bill Would Restrict American Rescue Plan Funds from Being Used to Purchase Chinese Telecoms Equipment
Back in July, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced
legislation
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/proposed-legislation-would-restrict-american-rescue-plan-funds-from-being-used-to-purchase-chinese-telecoms-equipment/]
entitled the "American Telecommunications Security Act" to "prohibit federal
funding from the
Chinese University Issues Report on China’s Imports
On November 4, Beijing Normal University’s School of Economics and Business
Administration and the China Institute of Research and Social Development
jointly issued the “2021 Report on China’s Import Development.” The report
summarizes China’s import policies and provides statistical analyses on China's
key import data.
Chinese Solar Panel Maker Responds To Reports of Blocked Shipments
Tensions continue over allegations of the use of forced labor in Chinese solar
panel production and blocked shipments to the United States as a result. U.S.
Customs officials have been looking into this issue closely in recent
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-u-s-actions-related-to-forced-labor-
U.S. Standards Agency Studying China's "Policies and Influence in the Development of International Standards for Emerging Technologies"
On November 4, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
issued a notice
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/04/2021-24090/study-on-peoples-republic-of-china-prc-policies-and-influence-in-the-development-of-international]
soliciting public comment on China's "policies
Key Legal Issues in the WTO Dispute on China’s Anti-Dumping Rulings on Australian Wine
On October 26, a WTO panel was established
[https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_26oct21_e.htm] to hear
Australia’s complaint (DS602) about China’s anti-dumping measures on Australian
wine.
As background, China launched an anti-dumping investigation and a countervailing
duty investigation on
NZ, U.S. Trade Experts Discuss Prospects for China, Taiwan CPTPP Accession
At a Washington International Trade Association (WITA) webinar on the CPTPP
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-ZYzWe77Y] yesterday, Tim Groser, formerly
New Zealand's ambassador to the United States, and Wendy Cutler, formerly of
USTR, both offered thoughts on various aspects of the applications by China and
U.S. Senators Introduce New Bill to Broaden CFIUS
On November 2, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced
a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments where sensitive personal
information is involved.
The bill, S. 3130
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/