On November 3, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued [https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_cb78e71c3200476c97f86ff74611faf9.html] (link in Chinese) a list of 55 apps which were found to have violated users' legal rights. The MIIT requires these companies to

Last weekend, President Xi Jinping announced [https://twitter.com/henrysgao/status/1454460018120544258] China's decision to apply to join the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA). The Chinese announcement comes a couple weeks after South Korea said [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2110/S00056/new-zealand-welcomes-the-republic-of-koreas-formal-request-to-join-the-digital-economy-partnership-agreement-depa.htm] it would join.

On October 26, China’s Ministry of Commerce, along with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Cyberspace Administration of China, issued the Development Plan for E-Commerce in the 14th Five-Year [http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/dzsws/202110/20211026104704129.pdf] (link in Chinese). The document sets out the goal

Last week, Bloomberg reported [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-12/biden-team-weighs-digital-trade-deal-to-counter-china-in-asia] that the Biden administration was considering the negotiation of a digital trade agreement with countries in the Indo-Pacific as a way to "check China’s influence in the region" (Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand,

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing [https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-melanie-anne-egorin-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-health-and-human-services] on the nominations of several Biden administration officials, Senator Ron Wyden asked Sarah Bianchi, one of the Biden administration's nominees for Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, some questions about U.S. trade policy as it

On February 24, the State Council Information Office of China held a press conference [http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/44948/wz44950/Document/1699129/1699129.htm] with regard to China’s plan for trade and economic development. Chinese Minister of Commerce (MOFCOM) Wang Wentao, Vice Minister of

The Ministry of Commerce issued the Administrative Measures for the Disclosure of Electronic Commerce Information (Draft for Comments) (电子商务信息公示管理办法（征求意见稿） [http://tfs.mofcom.gov.cn/article/as/202002/20200202935276.shtml]) on February 12 to solicit public comments. The Draft aims at clarifying responsibilities on e-commerce platform operators to protect intellectual