China’s Foreign Ministry this week criticized Canada’s decision to impose a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicle imports (see 2408260033), saying the measure “ignores facts” and “disrespects” World Trade Organization rules. “This typical protectionist move disrupts China-Canada trade relations, harms the interests of Canadian companies and consumers, and does little good to Canada’s green transition process and global effort for climate response,” a ministry spokesperson said during an Aug. 27 press conference in response to a question from a wire service reporter. “China will take all measures necessary to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.”
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., urged the Defense Department Aug. 28 to place Chinese electric vehicle battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. (CATL) on its Section 1260H list of Chinese military companies, citing the firm’s close ties to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its role in the Chinese Communist Party’s military-civil fusion strategy.
The U.S. touched on export controls in talks between National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, readouts from both countries said, with the Chinese summary of two days of talks going into more detail about China's views on the issue.
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China asked the Commerce Department last week to describe the steps the Biden administration is taking to address attempts by Chinese companies to offer their products through different companies to evade U.S. restrictions.
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Reps. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., introduced a bill last week that would prohibit lawmakers from making personal financial investments that involve China, Russia, Iran or other “foreign adversaries.”
Several ports of unlading code names were updated or added in the Automated Export System Aug. 27, the Census Bureau said in an email to industry. AES updated the port in Nigpo, China (Port Code 57020), and added ports in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia (Port Code 51722), Tuna, India (Port Code 53308), and Zhoushan, China (Port Code 57023).
The Bureau of Industry and Security should clarify whether new export controls aimed at preventing China from obtaining advanced computing chips apply to artifical intelligence-capable central processing units (CPUs), researchers with Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology said.
Former Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., said last week he remains confident that a new law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest popular social media application TikTok will survive any legal challenges.
China’s commerce ministry met with industry officials last week to discuss possibly raising import duties on large-engine cars, according to an unofficial translation of an Aug. 23 ministry notice. China said the meeting featured “representatives from relevant industry organizations, research institutions and automobile companies," where China listened to their "opinions and suggestions on increasing tariffs on large-displacement fuel vehicles." The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU said in May that Beijing was considering the tariffs, which could be imposed on exporters from the U.S. and the EU in response to increased duties recently announced by both governments on imports of Chinese electric vehicles (see 2405140008 and 2408200020).