China Formally Applies to Join CPTPP: Issues, Reactions, and Prospects
After many official and unofficial statements in recent months and years that
China was considering doing so, on September 16 China formally applied to join
the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
(CPTPP). In this piece, we discuss: the CPTPP provisions that will guide the
process; the government
To List or Not to List? Biden Administration Faces Dilemma on Chinese Phone Company with Past Ties to Huawei
The Biden administration is divided over whether to add Chinese smartphone maker
Honor Device Co. Ltd. to an export blacklist due to past connections with
Chinese tech company Huawei. This case illustrates the difficulties in drawing
lines related to national security, as the United States continues to refine its
export
European Parliament Sets Out Its Vision for an EU-China Strategy
On September 16, the European Parliament adopted a report that it characterized
as
[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210910IPR11917/parliament-sets-out-its-vision-for-a-new-eu-strategy-on-china]
setting out "its vision for a new EU strategy on China." The report
China Decides to Appeal WTO Panel Report on Solar Safeguards
In early September, we wrote about
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-appeal-or-not-to-appeal-the-question-facing-china-in-the-wto-dispute-on-solar-safeguards/]
the choice faced by China in relation to a WTO panel report which rejected
China's WTO complaint against a U.S.
China Again Extends Tariff Exemptions for U.S. Goods
On September 16, China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council
announced on its website that China will extend tariff exemptions for 81
products imported from the United States by seven months. This is the fifth time
that China has extended tariff exemptions for U.S. goods.
In the
EU Implements New Export Control Rules, Targeting Human Rights Protection
A new set of EU export control rules went into force on September 9, 2021. The
new rules apply to dual-use items, which are goods and technology that can be
used for both military and civilian purposes. These rules will apply generally,
but are likely to have a big
China Updates WTO on Its Anti-Dumping Actions
Pursuant to Article 16.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, China recently provided
its semi-annual report of its anti-dumping actions, covering the period January
1 – June 30, 2021.
The report (WTO document G/ADP/N/357/CHN
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q: