SINO-US TRADE

The House of Representatives approved on 30 September the Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act, which would require U.S.-traded companies that do business in the XUAR to review and disclose information about their supply chains, including whether goods are made in or sourced from internment camps or factories implicated in forced labour practices. More

The U.S. Congress is considering legislative initiatives of potential interest to Hong Kong and mainland Chinese exporters dealing with such matters as mainland China’s permanent normal trade relations treatment and 100 percent scanning of commercial and passenger vehicles entering the United States at land border ports of entry. More

Nearly one hundred products imported from mainland China became subject to the Section 301 additional 25 percent tariff on List 1 and List 2 goods when their exclusions expired on 20 September. Exclusions are being extended for some products but only through 31 December. More

The panel established by the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) issued its report on 15 September concerning a complaint filed by China over the Section 301 tariff measures of the United States on certain Chinese goods, ruling that the challenged tariff measures of the United States are in infringement of its WTO obligations. More