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

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-list-or-not-to-list-biden-administration-faces-dilemma-on-chinese-phone-company-with-former-ties-to-huawei/] several weeks ago, the Biden administration is divided over whether to add Chinese smartphone maker Honor Device Co. Ltd. to an export blacklist on the basis of its past connections with Chinese tech company Huawei (the issue also came up at a

A Hong Kong textile company has gone to U.S. court to challenge its inclusion on the "Entity List [https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list] " maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce. While its request for a preliminary injunction was recently rejected by

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on Friday that it has initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1862] "to determine the effects on U.S. national security from imports

Last month, we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-solar-industry-files-anti-circumvention-petition-related-to-ad-cvd-orders-on/] on anti-circumvention ruling requests filed by a group of solar manufacturers called the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) related to AD/CVD orders that had been imposed in December 2012 on photovoltaic cells/modules from China. The requests were

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing [https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/09/14/2021/nomination-hearing] today in which it considered the nominations of Alan Estevez and Thea Kendler for key positions at the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Commerce

On August 16, a group of solar manufacturers 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 to imports from Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam, and allege