Two Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee – Darin LaHood (IL) and Carol Miller (WV) – have introduced the U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China Act [https://lahood.house.gov/_cache/files/e/7/e725cb55-8d7b-4fa6-ab06-459ff091963a/FB7BEE3A17EBE9498B7064B9DB2F714B.millwv-033-xml.pdf] . The bill has two parts, one addressing the

In a webinar [https://usali.org/events/two-decades-of-china-in-the-wto-the-view-from-china] hosted by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute on "Two Decades of China in the WTO: The View from China," Manjiao Chi [http://law.uibe.edu.cn/english/facultyresearch/faculty/fulltimefaculty/professor/72137.htm] , professor and founding director of the

At a joint press conference [https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/dan-tehan/transcript/press-conference-new-zealand-trade-minister] on November 19 after their meeting, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan and New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O'Connor were asked about a number of trade issues

Australian trade minister Dan Tehan said during an interview [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-11-17/australia-needs-constructive-dialogue-with-china-tehan-video] with Bloomberg Television on Wednesday that he is "very much looking forward" to "constructive engagement" with China, which is a necessary step for China to join the CPTPP. Commenting

During an interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvvLyCLsw3I] at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore Wednesday, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was asked to clarify the U.S. approach to trade relations in Asia, including its interest in the CPTPP or some alternative, and China's role

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing [https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-lisa-w-wang-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-commerce-vice-jeffrey-kessler] today on the nominations of two Commerce Department officials: Maria Louise Lago as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Lisa Wang as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance. The questions from the

At a press conference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmNXH0uEYKY] following the APEC Ministers Meeting, New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O'Connor was asked several questions about the applications by Taiwan and China to join the CPTPP. He avoided offering a specific response to