At Congressional Hearing, U.S. Trade Rep. Tai Comments on China Trade Issues

At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on U.S. trade policy today, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai was asked about several China and Taiwan related trade issues: The review of the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports, trade negotiations with Taiwan, and China's application to

New Report on Scale and Scope of Chinese Industrial Subsidies

In a recently issued policy brief, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy has examined existing studies of Chinese subsidies in the green energy and other sectors, and concluded that the EU should use measures such as the anti-subsidy investigation on electric vehicles to pressure China to remove or reduce

Beijing Opens up Telecom for Foreign Investment

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced last week that the government will open up foreign investment in the value-added telecommunication business in some cities as pilot projects.

U.S. House Democrats Press Biden Administration on Chinese Autos

In a letter to Biden administration trade officials last week, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and several of her House of Representatives colleagues pressed for more action to limit imports of Chinese automobiles into the U.S. market.

MOFCOM Official Calls Out EU "Double Standard" and "Protectionism" on Green Products

At the China-Italy Business and Dialogue Forum in Italy last Friday, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao criticized the European Commission's recent actions against Chinese green products, including electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, and wind turbines, calling them "trade protectionist" and a "double standard."

U.S. Senators Press Biden Administration on Shipbuilding Investigation

Last week, several Democratic Senators weighed in on a recently filed Section 301 petition, calling on the Biden Administration "to investigate China’s unfair trade practices in commercial shipbuilding that undermine American workers and jeopardize our national security."

China's Stance on Industrial Overcapacity

In response to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's discussion of Chinese industrial overcapacity last week, Vice Finance Minister Liao Min pushed back against Yellen's comments in a press conference. His responses suggest that there is disagreement between the two sides on the scope and seriousness
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