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TRADE REMEDY ............................................................................................4

CHINA INBOUND...........................................................................................................................4

MOFCOM Will Hold a Public Hearing on Injury of Anti-dumping Investigation against

MEK Originating from Japan, Taiwan Region and Singapore .......................................................4

MOFCOM Initiates Interim Review against Dispersion Unshifted Single – Mode Optical

Fiber Originating from Korea ......................................................................................................4

MOFCOM Initiates Interim Review against Dimethyl Cyclosiloxane Originating from the U.K.......5

MOFCOM Makes Final Determination on Anti-dumping Investigation against Paper for

Electrolytic Capacitor Originating from Japan ...............................................................................6

CHINA OUTBOUND........................................................................................................................7

SINO-US .......................................................................................................................................7

Two American Companies Applied for 337 Investigation on Chinese Companies Separately...........7

US DOC Makes Positive Preliminary Determination on Anti-dumping Investigation against

Polyester Staple Fiber Originating from China..................................................................................8

US DOC Alters Final Determination on Administrative Review against Ironing Board

Originating from China...................................................................................................................10

US ITC Makes Positive Final Determination on Folding Gift Boxes Originating from China.............10

The US: No Offense to Submit the Intellectual Property Issues to WTO.........................................11

SINO-EU.....................................................................................................................................12

EU Adopts Minimum Price Restriction to Terminate Anti-dumping Investigation against

Frozen Strawberry Originating from China ........................................................................................12

EU Terminates the Partial Interim Review on Hand Pallet Trucks and Their Essentials fromChina........12

OTHER COUNTRIES AND REGIONS...............................................................................................13

MOFCOM Publishes the Foreign Market Access Report：2007.......................................................13

Turkey Imposes Anti-dumping Duty upon Vulcanized Rubber Band Carrier Originating from China .....13

Korea Companies Applies for Anti-dumping Investigation against Float Glass Originating from China ..14

Pakistan Makes Positive Final Determination on Porcelain Tile Originating from China .........................14

Mexico Decides Not to Impose Anti-dumping Duty upon Paint Brushes Originating from

China provisionally...............................................................................................................................14

Mexico Cancels Anti-dumping Duty Imposed upon Porcelain Tableware Originating from China...........15

India Initiated Anti-dumping Investigation against Ceftriaxone Sodium Originating fromChina.................15

South Africa Terminates Anti-dumping Investigation against Tyre Originating from China.......................15

Ukraine Initiates Biggest Trade Remedy Investigation on Imports from China........................................16

India Initiated Anti-dumping Investigation against Vitamin B12 Originating from China...........................16

Argentina Initiates an Anti-dumping Investigation against Electric Iron Originating fromChina..................16

COMPETITION LAW.....................................................................................17

ANTITRUST FILING ......................................................................................................................17

Latest Statistics of M&A Antitrust Filing in China.....................................................................................17

MOFCOM Emphasizes to Guide and Regulate M&A by Foreign Capital in 2007....................................18

LEGISLATION ...............................................................................................................................19

Key Disputes on the AML Draft ..............................................................................................................19

POLICY .......................................................................................................................................21

Ending Service Sector Monopolies Way to Go...........................................................................................21

OPINION......................................................................................................................................22

AML Scholars: AML Should Be an Effective Weapon to Protect Chinese Domestic TradeMarks ...............22

FOCUSES .....................................................................................................24

IPR .............................................................................................................................................24

Olympic IPR Protection Battle Fires up ...............................................................................24

China Widens Vet for IPR Pirates........................................................................................25

Foreigners Allowed to Fear Chinese IPR Trials....................................................................25

Courts in Shanghai See More IPR Cases.............................................................................26

China's IPR Policy Gains Good Report ...............................................................................27

WTO RELATED...........................................................................................................................28

WTO: China Outpaces US in Exports .................................................................................28

EU Textiles Producers Worry about China Surge ................................................................29

EU not to Join US in WTO Case against China....................................................................30

WTO: China, India Take Piracy Seriously............................................................................31