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China Law Insight
Common Mistakes Made by Foreign Investment Enterprises Utilizing Duty-Exempt Goods
by Liu Xinyu and Jing Yunfeng of King & Wood's Corporate group According to Articles 56 to 58(1) of the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China ("Customs Law")(2),…
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
Free Trade and Public Opinion
The other day, I mentioned the polling questions related to the free trade views of the Tea Party. Looking a little more closely at these questions, I noticed something else…
Business and Commercial
Elimination of Customs Duties Possible for Over 700 Additional Pharmaceutical Products and Chemical Intermediates
By Peter S. Reichertz By letter dated May 27, 2010, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) sent a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) requesting that the ITC provide…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Approves New Cost Allocation Plan for Midwest ISO
On October 23, 2009, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission) approved an interim Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (“Midwest ISO”) Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating…
Other
Trade War? 贸易战？
President Obama, on September 11, announced that the United States would restrict imports of Chinese commercial, low-cost tires. This action was foreseeable and foreseen (for example this blog foresaw this…
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
The Tires Tariffs: The Impact of Trade Policy on Stock Market Prices
Because of the Chinese tire tariffs, the share price of U.S. producers is up: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., the largest U.S. tiremakers, rose…
International Law Prof Blog
US Imposes Tariffs on Chinese Tires
In an update to earlier postings on this blog, the Obama Administration was apparently persuaded by the United Steelworkers Union to impose tariffs on Chinese tires. The government invoked a…
International Law Prof Blog
China Rubber Industry Association is Against 55 Percent U.S. Taxes on Chinese Tires – An “Op Ed” on Section 421
We received the following "Op-Ed" from the China Rubber Industry Association. As it discusses a new trade law, we thought it would be of interest to our colleagues teaching international…
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
Tariff Preferences and Drug Policies
This all sounds familiar. A developed country uses illegal drug production/trafficking as a criterion for deciding which countries to include in a tariff preference program. The DS246 EC - Tariff…
International Law Prof Blog
WTO Considers Extension of Trade Preferences for Poorest Countries
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Council for Trade in Goods voted earlier this week to extend by 10 years the waiver which allows developing countries such as India and Brazil…