Two events today discussed the problem of trade coercion. The first, entitled " Responding to Trade Coercion: A Growing Threat to the Global Trading System [https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/responding-trade-coercion-growing-threat-global-trading-system-0] ," was put on by the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and the Perth USAsia Centre, and talked about responses

A new bipartisan bill [https://bera.house.gov/sites/bera.house.gov/files/documents/Rep.%20Bera%20Economic%20Coercion%20Bill.pdf] (H.R. 5580 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5580]) introduced on October 15 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ami Bera (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), and

As we described here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-industry-files-anti-circumvention-petition-related-to-ad-cvd-orders-on/] , on August 16 a group of U.S. companies called the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention petitions related to AD/CVD orders that had been imposed in December 2012 on photovoltaic cells from China. The petitions relate

The official announcement from Norges Bank is here [https://www.norges-bank.no/en/news-events/news-publications/News-items/2020/2020-12-04/] . It states in part: > Today, the Ministry of Finance has approved the request of Deputy Governor Jon Nicolaisen to relinquish his post effective immediately because he has not received a renewed