WTO Committee Discussion of Chinese Restrictions on Waste Imports
In the WTO’s Committee on Customs Valuation, the U.S. recently asked China about
certain restrictions on imports of waste materials. The U.S. questions/comments
and Chinese response (WTO Document G/VAL/W/369
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/VAL/W369.
China Issues Export Controlled List of Commercial Encryption Technology
On December 2, 2020, China’s Ministry of Commerce and customs authorities issued
[http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/b/c/202012/20201203019733.shtml] the Import
Controlled List of Commercial Encryption Technology and Export Controlled List
of Commercial Encryption Technology, as well as licensing procedure for
commercial encryption technology imports
Deputy Governor of Norway’s Central Bank Resigns Due To China Ties
The official announcement from Norges Bank is here
[https://www.norges-bank.no/en/news-events/news-publications/News-items/2020/2020-12-04/]
. It states in part:
> Today, the Ministry of Finance has approved the request of Deputy Governor Jon
Nicolaisen to relinquish his post effective immediately because
New European Anti-Subsidy Complaint Against Aluminum Foil from China
The European Commission has announced
[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2020_419_R_0011&from=EN]
the initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of aluminium
foil originating in China. The Notice states:
> The complaint was lodged on 21
China's Comments and Questions on Zimbabwe's WTO Trade Policy Review
The WTO conducted its trade policy review for Zimbabwe from September 30 to
October 2. The minutes of the meeting and the questions and answers from other
WTO Members were released recently.
China offered the following statement at the meeting
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=
Trade Talks Podcast on Trade Restrictions Related to Xinjiang
The Trade Talks Podcast interviewed
[https://www.tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/145-xinjiangs-forced-labor-supply-chains-and-trade-sanctions/]
Amy Lehr of CSIS on issues of forced labor in Xinjiang and U.S. trade
restrictions imposed in response (starts at 17:42 of the interview):
> Chad Bown: So, what
China Issues Draft Legislation on Personal Information Protection
On October 21, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress
reviewed and issued the draft Personal Information Protection Law (
中华人民共和国个人信息保护法 (草案) [https://www.secrss.com/articles/26427]) to solicit public
comments. Comments are due by November 19, 2020. If passed, the law will become
China’s first