In response to two Section 301 investigations recently initiated by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, a number of Chinese trade and industry associations have submitted comments and one requested to appear at the hearings.

As CTM reported recently, the European Parliament's International Trade Committee engaged with the authors of a study on industrial overcapacity that looked at China's practices and possible EU responses.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) issued its report on foreign trade barriers, with the China section being one of the longest and most important.

At a meeting of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee today, the Committee engaged with the authors of a study on industrial overcapacity that looked at China's practices and possible EU responses.

China's Ministry of Commerce recently published the final ruling in its anti-dumping investigation on POM copolymers from the U.S., EU, Japan and Taiwan. The decision follows a year-long investigation and finds that these products have been dumped, with the reasoning focusing in particular on the "non-market

As the end of President Biden's term in office nears, over the past week his administration has taken actions in several areas related to trade with China: de minimis trade, non-market practices/state-owned enterprises/standards, counterfeiting and piracy, and forced labor.

Yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office published a series of policy papers, one of which was entitled "Countering Non-Market Policies and Practices to Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience" and focused on Chinese practices, including economic coercion.