On October 14, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a preliminary ruling [http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zwgk/gkzcfb/202110/20211003207449.shtml] (link in Chinese) in the countervailing duty investigation on polyphenylene ether/polyphenylene oxide (PPO) (聚苯醚) imports from the United States and imposed 17.7% deposits on these

In a letter [https://www.cotton.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ustr_cptpp_letter.pdf] to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai dated October 5, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) called on [https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-calls-on-us-trade-representative-to-stop-chinas-admission-

Following up on questions he asked Alan Estevez -- the Biden administration's nominee for Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce -- about general export control policies relating to China, the Entity List, and the companies Huawei and Honor during the nomination hearing, Senator

As we described here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-industry-files-anti-circumvention-petition-related-to-ad-cvd-orders-on/] , on August 16 a group of U.S. companies called the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention petitions related to AD/CVD orders

On October 8, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Commerce unveiled a draft version [https://www.ndrc.gov.cn/yjzxDownload/sczrfmqd2021.pdf] (link in Chinese) of a list of industries for which investment is restricted or prohibited (市场准入负面清单(2021年版公开征求意见稿)). The draft negative list is open

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-list-or-not-to-list-biden-administration-faces-dilemma-on-chinese-phone-company-with-former-ties-to-huawei/] several weeks ago, the Biden administration is divided over whether to add Chinese smartphone maker Honor Device Co. Ltd. to an export blacklist on

Thirteen Republican members of the House of Representatives -- a list of these members is included at the end of this piece -- sent a letter [https://crawford.house.gov/uploadedfiles/scan.pdf] to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai expressing concern about "the growing influence and intensified engagement of China