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WTO Panel Rules for Hong Kong in Complaint Against U.S. "Origin Marking" Rules
In a ruling circulated yesterday, a WTO panel sided with Hong Kong in a complaint filed against the United States in October of 2020, finding that U.S. requirements that products from Hong Kong be labelled as originating in China were inconsistent with the GATT and could not be justified
Professor Julien Chaisse Discusses Hong Kong's Application to Join RCEP
Hong Kong recently announced
[https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/Hong-Kong-applies-to-join-RCEP-trade-agreement]
that it had applied to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
agreement, the 15 nation trade agreement in the Asian Pacific region.
CTM talked with Professor Julien Chaisse
[https://www.cityu.edu.hk/slw/about-school/our-people/professor-chaisse-julien]
of the
Members of Congress Press British Bank on Hong Kong Actions
A bipartisan group of members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) have sent a letter to HSBC, a "British multinational investment bank and financial services company," raising "questions and concerns about HSBC’s business practices in Hong Kong and globally, including restrictions placed on the accounts of American citizens
New Hong Kong Customs Chief Discusses Efforts to Stop Smuggling of Australian Lobsters to Mainland
Ho Pui-shan (Louise Ho) became Hong Kong’s new Commissioner of Customs and
Excise on October 21. During the press conference
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAVjSzsTXVo] (link in Cantonese) with media
after taking the position, she mentioned combatting smuggling as one of the
tasks of her agency, including