At a recent webinar [https://www.cgai.ca/canada_taiwan_relations] hosted by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, several Canadian trade policy experts commented on the prospects for expansion of the CPTPP to include Taiwan (and to a lesser extent, China) during a panel on "Taiwan and Canada: How

In a WTO complaint [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] by Australia against Chinese AD/CVD measures imposed on Australian barley (DS598), China and Australia have agreed to procedures [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/

In preparation for its annual report to Congress on China's compliance with the commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has asked for written comments

On June 29, the Standing Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress passed the Data Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (hereafter referred to as “the Data Regulations”) (深圳经济特区数据条例 [http://www.sznews.com/content/mb/2021-07/07/content_24370464.htm?cxid=iyt&token=1625616000115] , link in Chinese). The

In an Australian parliamentary session this week, Senator Sarah Henderson raised concerns about the Newcastle, Australia port, which is 50% owned by a Chinese state-owned company, imposing restrictions on coal exports. This has been a recurring issue that has arisen several times in recent months, in the context of

Today the U.S. Senate passed a long-awaited $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, called the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act [https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr3684/BILLS-117hr3684eas.pdf]." One provision in this bill is of particular interest for trade with China, as it requires a

Last week, we wrote about [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-companies-ask-for-extension-of-section-201-solar-tariffs/] a petition filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) by two U.S. companies, Auxin Solar and Suniva, to extend the Section 201 safeguard tariffs/TRQs on imports