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Feb 18 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
UK Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan to travel to Indonesia, Japan & Singapore to "oversee launch of final phase of negotiations" to join the CPTPP, UK government press release says.

Cleared first round of accession process.
There has also been plenty of chatter this week about China making preparations to join the CPTPP

While Taiwan’s application to join the CPTPP was expected to be discussed by the bloc’s secretariat this week, five months after it was submitted.

scmp.com/news/china/dip…
Press release here

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Feb 20
Borrell's address at #MSC2022 titled: "what to do when Russia and China try to re-define terms"

Russ-China statement Feb 4 "is an act of defiance. It is clear: revisionist manifesto. A manifesto to review the world order."

eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/h…
"Re-defining democracy is a major plank in their revisionist drive. They talk about ‘genuine democracy’. Adding qualifying adjectives reminds us of Soviet times when communist regimes were talking of ‘people’s democracy’ or “organic democracies” in Franco’s Spain."
"Democracy, they say, should be implemented ‘to suit national conditions’. We're told ‘China and Russia, as major countries with long-standing history & culture, have profound traditions of democracy rooted in thousands of years of experience of development.’
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Feb 18
NEW!

The EU has launched a new WTO case vs China, second within a month

This time it's about IP.

EU says Beijing is using domestic courts to undermine global IP laws and allowing Huawei, Xiaomi and other tech giants to secure cut-price licences.

scmp.com/news/china/dip…
Request for consultations lodged with China today over use of "anti-suit injunctions” to prevent international firms from suing Chinese counterparts in foreign courts for use of tech without licences or permission.
Firms that have made complaints – including Sharp, Ericsson and Nokia – have been threatened with daily fines of €130,000 or criminal charges, meaning executives could be jailed in China for non-compliance, according to the EU.
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Feb 16
NEW: The World Bank has been accused of “funding a campaign of repression” of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang

New report details almost half a billion dollars lent to companies with deep links to forced labour and other rights abuses

scmp.com/news/china/dip…
Report published by Atlantic Council details lending as recently as 2020 to 4 Chinese companies who "directly participated in":

• state-sponsored forced labor programs,
• compulsory land expropriation,
• programs that require minoritized citizens to take oaths to the CCP
The World Bank's International Finance Corporation is one development finance institute with links to Xinjiang.

Others include Asian Development Bank, European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Dutch and German state-owned DFIs
Read 12 tweets
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Feb 16
A really interesting look at what Chinese experts think re Ukraine by my colleague Amber Wang.

Echoes much of the thinking I've heard in Europe this week, where most experts / officials think China does not want war, cos it's bad for business...

scmp.com/news/china/dip…
Zhang Tuosheng, military researcher, says it would make US relationship "more difficult" and "China-EU relations would also be very troublesome... as they're all watching what stance China will take.”

China would "pay the price of a war" because of the effects on global economy
Respected state council adviser @ Renmin Uni Shi Yinhong said war would mean" the US will have to reduce its attention and resources to China in the Indo-Pacific"

But war would "radicalise world politics and "doom" China to an arms race.
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Feb 10
🚨SCOOP 🚨

As well as beef, China has also banned dairy and alcohol products from Lithuania, claiming Vilnius has not met compliance requirements for beef and dairy.

Claims Lithuanian companies "arbitrarily" tampered with beer labelling

scmp.com/economy/china-…
Letter from Chinese customs to Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Services says Lithuanian beer companies "arbitrarily change production date & expiry date", accused of "counterfeiting"

"Lithuanian authorities don't pay attention to it which makes this risk more serious” ImageImage
Formalises an unofficial ban on certain products which had been in place since late last year.

In December 2021, there were zero imports of dairy, beef or alcohol products from Lithuania, per Chinese customs stats.

There wasn't a huge amount in first place, but all gone now
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Jan 28
German far right MEP @KrahMax gave an interview to Chinese state news portal Guancha.cn, a few excerpts below, run through translate.

The broad takeaway, "the more liberal a party is in the sense of “woke”, the more it is anti-China."

m.guancha.cn/MaximilianKrah…
On "woke" politics and the deterioration in Western-Chinese relations...
On the CAI and complaints over perceived US hijacking of the investment deal

"When the United States competes with China and Russia, it needs Europe to be its sidekick, so the Americans have mobilized their own network of relationships."
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