Ireland Commission Fines TikTok for Data Transfers; TikTok Promises Appeal
On Friday, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced its final decision in an investigation into TikTok's practices related to personal data transfers, finding that TikTok violated EU law and imposing a fine of €530 million.
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues:
In China:
* Threats of countermeasures against U.S. lawsuits related to COVID-19
* New policy measures to stabilize economy
* Updates on antitrust review of CK Hutchison port deal
* Discussion of international legal basis for China’s retaliation against U.S. with the WTO
Beijing Slams U.S. COVID Lawsuits and Vows Countermeasures
Beijing is threatening to retaliate against ongoing U.S. lawsuits that seek to hold the Chinese government accountable for the COVID-19 pandemic. An 8,000-word report released by the government calls the lawsuits "politically motivated" and "absurd," and indicates China has various countermeasures at its disposal.
A Breakdown of U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports
In recent months, the Trump administration has rolled out a number of trade actions, either China-specific or applying to all countries, which have increased the tariff rates applied to goods imported from China. Here is a breakdown of U.S. tariff policy, with an emphasis on specific items of interest.
USTR: U.S. Trade Concerns are Broader Than China
In an interview yesterday with Fox News, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer pushed back on the idea that President Trump's trade agenda was all about China, and instead emphasized the administration's broader concerns with trade deficits and U.S. manufacturing.
IEEPA Tariffs Face Proliferating Lawsuits
Last month, we wrote about a lawsuit against some of the Trump administration's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which targeted the tariffs imposed in February and March on Chinese imports. Since then, lawsuits have proliferated against these tariffs and the "reciprocal"
WTO Subsidies Committee Meeting Discusses Chinese, U.S. Subsidies, CVD Issues and Cases
According to a Geneva-based trade official, at yesterday's meeting of the WTO's Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Committee, several issues related to Chinese subsidies/countervailing duties and Chinese concerns with other countries' subsidies/countervailing duties were discussed.
