National Security
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CFIUS Finds Gotion Battery Investment Not Covered Transaction
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) -- an interagency taskforce overseen by the Department of the Treasury -- has determined that Chinese company Gotion's proposed battery facility in Michigan is not a covered real estate transaction or purchase, and can move forward.
Former Employee Accuses ByteDance of Giving “Supreme Access” to CCP
As part of a wrongful dismissal suit filed in May, Yintao Yu, the former head of engineering for ByteDance’s U.S. operations, alleged that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has "supreme access" to all the company's data, including data stored in the U.S.
Exclusive Interview with Former WTO Appellate Body Chairman James Bacchus: National Security, Tech War, and the WTO
"I would certainly strongly advise the United States to abandon this notion that it is the sole judge of the meaning of Article XXI."
U.S. and Hong Kong/China Continue to Spar on WTO Origin Marking Dispute
At the WTO's DSB meeting last Friday, the U.S., Hong Kong, and China all offered comments on issues underlying the recent WTO panel report that found U.S. origin marking requirements related to products from Hong Kong to be in violation of WTO rules.
Chinese Associations Question the WTO-Consistency of Japan's New Export Controls
Multiple Chinese trade and industry associations expressed their opposition to new Japanese export control rules over the weekend, calling them "discriminatory" and a violation of WTO rules.
WTO Meeting Addresses Various China-U.S. Trade Issues
At a WTO meeting that was held yesterday and today, several long-standing and new China-U.S. trade conflicts were on the agenda.
Law Review Article Considers Huawei ISDS Complaint against Sweden
A new law review article discusses the Huawei investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) challenge to the Swedish government's decision to ban its products from the 5G network on the basis of national security concerns. The author concludes that "it is likely that the arbitral tribunal will substantially defer