Last week, the European Commission issued a decision adopting provisional anti-dumping measures on stainless steel refillable kegs from China. As part of its normal value calculation in the decision, the Commission looked at the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in company management.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determinations in the circumvention inquiries of solar cells and modules from China where the products were exported to the United States from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

A new economic study of circumvention of trade remedies shows that China is a leading target of anti-circumvention measures, with countries from the ASEAN region being the preferred location for third party assembly operations or transhipment that constitute the alleged circumvention.

Last week, the European Commission adopted definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of electrolytic chromium coated steel (ECCS) from China and Brazil. As part of its reasoning on the Chinese imports, the Commission examined the role of the Chinese government and the CCP in the sector.

At the WTO's Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices meeting on April 27, 2022, Japan raised concerns about Chinese anti-dumping measures on Japanese steel; and China raised concerns about U.S., EU, and UK anti-dumping measures against Chinese products and about general anti-dumping practices by these countries.

At a WTO meeting earlier this year, China expressed a concern that safeguard measures were being overused.

The EU recently issued decisions that extend existing anti-dumping duties on aspartame from China and on certain cold-rolled flat steel products from China (and Russia as well). As part of its reasoning in these cases, the European Commission considered the role of the CCP in the management of the Chinese