In a communication posted on the WTO's website on July 6, 2021 (IP/C/W/682 [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/IP/C/W682.pdf&Open=True] ), the EU requested information from China pursuant to Article 63.3 of the TRIPS

On June 10, 2021, China passed the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (反外国制裁法) ( “the AFSL”), as its tensions over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Xinjiang with both the United States and the European Union continue to heat up and lead to more sanctions. The new law is China's latest

On July 1, the ITC held a public hearing on two investigations into foreign censorship practices.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo was on CNBC's Closing Bell [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/01/us-commerce-secretary-raimondo-dismisses-xi-speech-as-bluster.html] yesterday. The CNBC hosts asked her about a number of topics, including China. In their China questions, they brought

On June 24, the Department of Homeland Security announced [https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/department-homeland-security-issues-withhold-release-order-silica] that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order [https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/forced-labor/withhold-release-orders-

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing [https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-melanie-anne-egorin-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-health-and-human-services] on the nominations of several Biden administration officials, Senator Ron Wyden asked Sarah Bianchi,

At a June 9 event [https://www.gmfus.org/events/transatlantic-trends-2021-conversation-us-deputy-secretary-state-wendy-sherman] held by the German Marshall Fund, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Sherman] provided a useful articulation of the Biden administration's view