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Exports to China
Turkish duties on a host of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump's Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs violate World Trade Organization commitments, a WTO dispute panel ruled Dec. 19. The panel said the duties violate articles I and II of the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and also found that the Section 232 duties are not "safeguards."
If U.S. policymakers become tempted to use sanctions to prevent a potential conflict with China, they should expect to face a wide range of challenges in wielding such economic tools, speakers said at a Dec. 15 event hosted by the Center for a New American Security.
The Bureau of Industry and Security last week removed four Chinese companies from the Unverified List after it was able to successfully complete end-use checks.
The U.K. last week renewed the antidumping duties on certain aluminum road wheels from China for another five years. The 22.3% dumping rate for all overseas exporters will now run until Jan. 25, 2027. Cast aluminum road wheels may enter without the AD applied.
The European Parliament is pushing the EU to impose new sanctions against government officials for human rights abuses in Belarus and Tibet.
Although scholars from the U.S., Japan and South Korea said the three countries largely agree on China-related semiconductor export controls, they said those conversations could grow more difficult as the U.S. continues to restrict a broader set of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment.
The Bureau of Industry and Security this week officially extended the public comment deadline for its two China-related chip export control rules released in October (see 2312120055). The deadline, initially set for Dec. 18, was extended to Jan. 17. BIS said the extension will give industry and others more time to review the interim final rules and “benefit from the significant amount of public outreach that BIS is conducting on the rules prior to preparing and submitting their comments on the IFRs.”
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China urged the Biden administration on Dec. 14 to sanction Chinese and Hong Kong officials who are responsible for a new crackdown on pro-democracy activists.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Dec. 13 advanced several bills that would revise U.S. export control regulations and procedures for dual-use technology.