China Allows Italian Beef Imports
On October 26, China’s General Administration of Customs issued a notice
[http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/2480148/3969244/index.html] (link in
Chinese) setting forth SPS requirements for imports of beef from Italy. The
notice takes effect immediately.
The notice sets forth details on SPS requirements for
Nomination Hearing for Two USTR Positions Discusses China Trade Issues
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing today on the Nominations of Maria Pagan to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office) and Christopher Wilson to be USTR's Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator (as well as Brent Neiman to be Deputy Under Secretary of the
China Reiterates Equal Treatment of Foreign-Invested Companies in Government Procurement
Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Finance issued a document titled “Notice on
the Implementation of Relevant Policies regarding Equal Treatment for Domestic
and Foreign-invested Enterprises in Government Procurement Activities
[http://gks.mof.gov.cn/guizhangzhidu/202110/t20211020_3759590.htm] (link in
Chinese).” In principle, the notice states that all
New Hong Kong Customs Chief Discusses Efforts to Stop Smuggling of Australian Lobsters to Mainland
Ho Pui-shan (Louise Ho) became Hong Kong’s new Commissioner of Customs and
Excise on October 21. During the press conference
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAVjSzsTXVo] (link in Cantonese) with media
after taking the position, she mentioned combatting smuggling as one of the
tasks of her agency,
UK Parliament Discusses Pork Exports To China
In the UK House of Commons on October 21, MP Dave Doogan
[https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/MemberContributions?house=Commons&memberId=4736]
(SNP) asked
[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-10-21/debates/6E97FBB0-0EBF-4D51-87B1-EB591BBFBB5A/UKPorkTradeWithChina?highlight=china#contribution-25DBE0C1-AC65-410D-BBF4-2F8DB321934A]
the UK
House Foreign Affairs Committee Releases Data on Export License Decisions Related to Huawei and SMIC
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives decided to
disclose aggregated data from the Commerce Department on licensing decisions for
possible sales to Chinese telecoms company Huawei and semiconductor company SMIC
for the six month period from November 2020 to April 2021. These companies are
on
Senator Introduces Bill To "Increase Scrutiny over Chinese Investments on U.S. Soil"
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced the Exposing China’s Belt and Road
Investment in America Act of 2021
[https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7/7/7761c7c8-1f5b-4b82-b32e-59d86cee0f9a/9C39928D30260C3333F460C163265018.ros21g09.pdf]
, which he said
[https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/2021/10/kennedy-