USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation on Certain Cellular Signal Boosters, Repeaters, Bi-directional Amplifiers, and Components
On February 22, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced
[https://usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2021/er0222ll1725.htm] that it had
voted to institute three separate Section 337 investigations of certain cellular
signal boosters, repeaters, bi-directional amplifiers, and components thereof.
The complaint in the case alleges
Chinese Measures and Trade Concerns Discussed at the October 2020 TBT Committee Meeting
At the meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade held on
October 28-29, 2020, a number of WTO Members raised “specific trade concerns”
about particular Chinese measures, and China voiced its concerns with measures
of other Members. The official minutes of that meeting are now
Canadian Parliament Passes Resolution Calling for Moving the Beijing Olympics
On February 18, as part of the consideration in the Canadian House of Commons of
a “non-binding resolution” on whether the treatment of the Uighurs constitutes
genocide, a provision was added
[https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/House/432/Debates/061/HAN061-E.PDF#page=17]
that calls upon the
China Issues New Antitrust Rules for Internet Operators
On February 7, China issued its Guideline for Anti-Monopoly for the Internet
Platform Industry （关于平台经济领域的反垄断指南
[http://gkml.samr.gov.cn/nsjg/fldj/202102/t20210207_325967.html]）. This
Guideline provides a set of antitrust rules that apply specifically for internet
operators. This development follows China’s recent passage of an
China’s Questions at Indonesia’s WTO Trade Policy Review
The WTO conducted its trade policy review for Indonesia
[https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp501_e.htm] on December 9 and 11.
The minutes of the meeting
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/TPR/M401.pdf&Open=True]
and
U.S. Question on "Special and Differential Treatment" for Macao at the WTO Trade Policy Review
In recent years, the United States has pushed
[https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/development-dimension-what-do-about-differential-treatment-trade]
to bring new disciplines to the the area of special and differential treatment
for developing countries at the WTO, and to the practice of self-declaration of
developing
Two New Reports on Decoupling
Two new reports on economic “decoupling” between the United and China have just
been released. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a report
[https://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/024001_us_china_decoupling_report_fin.pdf]
entitled “Understanding U.S.-China Decoupling” that warns of the economic