MIIT Identifies 55 Apps That Violated User Rights
On November 3, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
issued
[https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_cb78e71c3200476c97f86ff74611faf9.html]
(link in Chinese) a list of 55 apps which were found to have violated users'
legal rights. The MIIT requires these companies to
China Raises USMCA Investment Provision Related To Non-Market Economies at WTO Meeting
As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/REG/407-2.pdf&Open=True]
the USMCA parties about a specific
China Proposes Measures on Security Assessment for Data Exports
On October 29, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft (link in Chinese) of Measures on Security Assessment of Data Exports (数据出境安全评估办法) (unofficial English translation here). The draft is now open for public comments until November 28, 2021. The draft is formulated in accordance with China’s Data
At WTO Committee, China Asks USMCA Parties about Non-Market Country FTA Provision
As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/REG/407-2.pdf&Open=True]
the USMCA parties about the functioning
China Announces Application to Join DEPA
Last weekend, President Xi Jinping announced
[https://twitter.com/henrysgao/status/1454460018120544258] China's decision to
apply to join the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA). The Chinese
announcement comes a couple weeks after South Korea said
[https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2110/S00056/new-zealand-welcomes-the-republic-
New U.S. Law Further Restricts Use of Equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Others
After the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3919/actions] similar
legislation on October 20, yesterday the Senate passed its own version
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1790/text] of a law
designed to tighten existing restrictions
China Holds Press Conference on WTO Trade Policy Review
On October 28, China’s State Council Information Office held a press conference
[http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/47307/index.htm#top] (link in
Chinese) to provide a briefing on China’s WTO Trade Policy Review and respond to
some of the issues raised there. (We