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16 July 2018
第一批美国“301条例”对中国的关税于7月6日星期五生效，目标价值为340亿美元的中国产品，从价税率为25％。受关税影响的部门包括汽车、航空航天、信息和通信技术以及工业机械等。官员们表示，目前中国对美国产品340亿美元的关税也已经实施，目标是大豆等商品。 美国的关税针对818个关税税目产品，美国贸易代表办公室上个月表示，这些产品涉及“工业重大技术，包括那些与'中国制造2025'产业政策有关的技术”。 美国还表示，它准备对额外的284个关税税目征收关税，这些关税税号将在华盛顿完成相关的国内程序后生效。这284个关税税目进口额为160亿美元。 美国的关税是在301条款调查后实施的，...
12 July 2018
The first instalment of the US’ Section 301 tariffs on China took effect on Friday 6 July, targeting US$34 billion worth of Chinese products with an ad valorem tariff of 25 percent. The sectors affected by the tariffs include automobiles, aerospace, information and communications technology, and...
12 July 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged to deepen trade cooperation between them this week, including on supporting the multilateral order. They also endorsed nearly two dozen accords aimed at easing trade and investment between them. "On trade issues as in other...
9 July 2018
美国对进口钢铁和铝的关税，以及对汽车进口是否也构成国家安全风险的持续调查，在本周世贸组织货物理事会的会议上占据了中心位置。数十名成员质疑美国这些措施对全球价值链、消费者的潜在成本以及对多边贸易体系的影响。 此次讨论是由日本和俄罗斯提议而列入议程的，包括一系列回应钢铁和铝关税的“中止减让”措施和提交给WTO的新的争端。 世贸组织货物委员会是处理与该组织关税及贸易总协定（GATT）有关的不同方面的机构，GATT是处理货物贸易的主要协议之一。虽然美国的232条款汽车调查以及第232条关于钢铁和铝的关税是议程上的一个备受瞩目的项目，但它们远非唯一的一个，各代表团也提出各种问题，...
5 July 2018
Economic relations between China and African nations have generated much interest among development experts and practitioners over the last two decades. Behind this attention lies the high stakes for Africa regarding the opportunities and challenges involved in the deepening relationship with the...
5 July 2018
While economic ties between China and African countries have vastly expanded over the past decades, falling commodity prices and rising debt levels risk reversing this process. Can China’s Belt and Road Initiative reinvigorate the relationship? Economic links between China and Africa have increased...
5 July 2018
As Chinese firms and capital play an increasingly dominant role in African infrastructure development, what are the potential opportunities for promoting sustainable development? And what social and environmental risks could this trend entail? Across African cities, Chinese-emblazoned signs litter...
5 July 2018
As China’s four-decade long demographic dividend is coming to an end, the country is actively seeking to seize new economic opportunities in higher-value-added productive activities. Could Africa be the big winner of this economic restructuring? In September, leaders of China and most African...
5 July 2018
While in the development community and beyond, there is a widespread feeling that China is investing heavily in Africa, factual data shows the precise opposite. How can this be explained, and what is the real nature of China’s economic engagement on the continent? China’s official data on outward...
5 July 2018
China’s growing interest in supporting the development of Africa’s telecom infrastructure has been met with suspicion in some quarters. Is such engagement favouring the emergence of an authoritarian version of the information society on the continent? Huawei, China’s leading telecom equipment...
5 July 2018
Crafting a Framework on Investment Facilitation – ICTSD – June 2018 A coalition of over 70 WTO members endorsed a Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development during the global trade club’s 11 th Ministerial Conference. The statement outlined the group’s interest in...
5 July 2018
The US’ duties on imported steel and aluminium, as well as an ongoing investigation on whether automobile imports also pose a national security risk, took centre stage during a meeting of the WTO’s Goods Council in Geneva this week. Dozens of members questioned the US on what these could mean for...
2 July 2018
来自欧盟和中国的高级官员在6月25日承诺加强努力谈判一个全面的投资协议，同时确认计划成立一个关于改革世界贸易组织的“工作组”。 这次会谈是在中欧高层经济贸易对话的平台上召开的，为即将召开的年度领导人峰会做铺垫。此前一个月，两大经济体也召开了中欧战略对话，当时贸易在议程中也扮演了重要角色。（《桥周报》，2018年6月7日） 欧盟和中国分别由Jyrki Katainen和刘鹤率队。前者是欧盟委员会负责就业、增长、投资和竞争力事务的副主席，后者则是中国国务院副总理。 根据欧盟委员会的统计数据，欧盟和中国已经建立了深层次的商业关系，每天的货物贸易额超过10亿欧元。双边服务贸易约占货物贸易的十分之一...
28 June 2018
Leaders of the EU’s 28 member states will meet at a high-stakes European Council Summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to address migration, security, trade, and economic affairs, including weighing options for Eurozone reform. Leaders will also meet in an EU 27 format to take stock of the...
28 June 2018
The administration of US President Donald Trump is planning to support legislation that would upgrade existing measures for preventing “harmful foreign acquisitions” from foreign firms that could risk sensitive technologies. The announcement comes after weeks of uncertainty over whether Washington...
28 June 2018
Top officials from the EU and China pledged on Monday 25 June to ramp up efforts to negotiate a sweeping investment accord, along with confirming plans to set up a “working group” on reforming the World Trade Organization. The discussions, convened in the context of an existing platform known as...
28 June 2018
The EU is looking to increase its emissions reduction target for the year 2030 under the UN’s Paris Agreement on climate change following the political consensus on three clean energy files over the past fortnight. Under the Paris Agreement, all countries have made climate pledges, known as...
25 June 2018
在过去的两周里，中美贸易关系发生了一系列变化，美国宣布计划对数千种中国产品征收额外关税，并暗示可能有更多产品被征税，中国政府随即反击，宣布向美国进口产品征收对等关税。 部分关税将于7月6日起生效。谈判人员是否可以在这之前找到解决方案来避免关税战，这仍有待观察——分析人士认为，这件事的前景已经影响到全球市场。 此前的双边会谈 在过去的一年中，中美贸易紧张局势在各种谈判论坛中出现或升级，从国内强制贸易措施升级到世界贸易组织上的激烈辩论。 上月，中国政府发表声明表示，将从美国进口更多天然气和农产品，美国将推迟计划关税和其他301行动，双方紧张局势似乎得到减缓。 随后有消息称，...
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