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Week in Review: Court Blocks WeChat Ban, More House Actions, and Pompeo Warns of Chinese Influence

Just hours before President Trump was set to put restrictions on TikTok and WeChat, both apps were saved from being delisted from app stores—for now. A TikTok ban was prevented for at least another week due to progress on a deal which would send TikTok’s global headquarters to Texas and allocate...

Restrictions Targeting WeChat’s Availability and Functionality in the US Market Put on Pause by Court Order

Restrictions on both WeChat and TikTok which were originally scheduled to come into effect on September 20 have both been delayed. A court order on September 20 put WeChat restrictions on pause shortly before implementation due to concerns with inhibiting free speech under the First Amendment of...

China Publishes Unreliable Entity List Provisions

On September 19, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published the final Provisions on the Unreliable Entity List (English available here), but so far has not released names of companies to be included on the list. The concept of the Unreliable Entity List (UEL) was introduced in May 2019...

Week in Review: WTO Rules Against US Tariffs, Branstad Announces Departure, and CPB Releases Xinjiang Restrictions

On Tuesday, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled against the Trump administration tariffs on China, finding that the United States had imposed discriminatory and excessive tariffs on Chinese imports and had not demonstrated that these tariff measures were justified under Article XX(a) of the...

Competing WTO Reform Agendas and the Contest for the Next Director-General

Last month, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo resigned from his role leading the World Trade Organization (WTO) a full year before his second 4-year term was scheduled to end. Azevedo’s surprise announcement this spring underscored mounting dysfunction in the global trading system just as the...

New Commercial Encryption Measures Raise Market Access Concerns

On August 20, the State Cryptography Agency (SCA) released revised draft Commercial Cryptography Management Measures for public comment until September 19. An implementing regulation to last year’s Cryptography Law, this revision updates decades-old measures and raises fresh concerns regarding...

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