Standards
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WTO TRIMs Committee Meeting Discusses Chinese Standards, Procurement Law
At the February meeting of the WTO's Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures, Japan raised concerns with China's draft standards for office devices and its draft government procurement law.
China Raises U.S. EV/Semiconductor Subsidies at WTO Meeting
At the November 2022 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes were recently circulated, several issues related to trade with China were raised for the first time (including U.S. subsidies on clean energy and semiconductors), and various other previously raised issues were brought
U.S. Standards Agency Studying China's "Policies and Influence in the Development of International Standards for Emerging Technologies"
On November 4, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
issued a notice
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/04/2021-24090/study-on-peoples-republic-of-china-prc-policies-and-influence-in-the-development-of-international]
soliciting public comment on China's "policies and influence in the development
of international standards for emerging technologies," pursuant to a directive
in Section 9414
New Atlantic Council Report Discusses China's Role in International Standards
A new report
[https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Standardizing-the-future-How-can-the-United-States-navigate-the-geopolitics-of-international-technology-standards.pdf]
by the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center entitled "Standardizing the Future: How
Can the United States Navigate the Geopolitics of International Technology
Standards?" provides some helpful background and insights on China's role in
international standards organizations. The report