On August 5, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/08/05/executive-order-on-strengthening-american-leadership-in-clean-cars-and-trucks/] ,” making a push for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United

In a letter [http://docs.chinatrademonitor.com/IndustryLetter301PhaseOne.pdf] to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, a number of leading U.S. business groups outlined their priorities on China-related trade issues. They focused on three key issues: 1) Implementation of the Phase One agreement;

After the recent saga involving Chinese company Didi, which was subject to investigations [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-tightens-data-security-scrutiny-on-technology-companies/] by Chinese regulatory authorities only a couple of days after going public in the United States, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and 17 of his Republican colleagues have introduced legislation [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2587/text] (S.2587) that would put an end to assistance to China by multilateral development banks. The logic behind the legislation is that China has grown

It has been widely reported in the media that Australia-China trade relations have deteriorated in recent months. Some aspects of this issue have been discussed in WTO committees and other bodies. At the May 3 meeting of the WTO’s Working Party on State-Trading Enterprises, for which the

Two U.S. companies in the solar industry filed a petition [http://docs.chinatrademonitor.com/PVCellsModules201ExtensionPetition.pdf] yesterday with the International Trade Commission to extend for another four years the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules. The current tariffs are due to expire on

As part of an inquiry by the Australian Parliament into expanding the membership of the CPTPP, both China and Taiwan came up as potential new members. The Chinese Embassy and the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce made written submissions, indicating an interest in joining. During the related hearings, when pressed by