FCC Commissioner Calls for Restrictions on Chinese Drone Maker
Yesterday, Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr called for adding DJI, a
Chinese drone company, to the FCC’s Covered List
[https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist], which would prohibit federal
money from being used to purchase its equipment. This list identifies
"communications equipment and services ... that are deemed to
Brazil-China Beef Trade Held Up Due to Mad Cow Cases
The Brazilian government is reportedly anxious about renewing its beef trade
with China after a suspension of Brazilian exports due to cases of mad cow
disease. It seems as though China is taking longer than expected to resolve the
issue with its Brazilian counterparts. Brazil is a major source of
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 petitioners
in the case alleged that Chinese currency undervaluation in this period
constitutes a countervailable subsidy. The Department of Commerce (DOC) asked
the Treasury Department for input
New Atlantic Council Report Discusses China's Role in International Standards
A new report
[https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Standardizing-the-future-How-can-the-United-States-navigate-the-geopolitics-of-international-technology-standards.pdf]
by the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center entitled "Standardizing the Future: How
Can the United States Navigate the Geopolitics of
New Congressional Bill Targets Chinese Economic Coercion
A new bipartisan bill
[https://bera.house.gov/sites/bera.house.gov/files/documents/Rep.%20Bera%20Economic%20Coercion%20Bill.pdf]
(H.R. 5580 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5580])
introduced on October 15 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ami Bera
(D-CA), Ann
Taiwan Representative Testifies before Australian Parliamentary Committee on Joining CPTPP
On October 12, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade heard testimony from
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25097/&sid=0001]
Elliott Charng of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
Two Provisional EU AD Measures Discuss Role of CCP in Company Management
Continuing its trend of looking at the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
in company management when carrying out the normal value calculation in
anti-dumping cases, the European Commission last week issued two decisions
adopting provisional measures in which it examined this issue. One case involved
imports of