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Aspen Global Change Institute
https://www.agci.org/redhen/contact/3029
Program Director, Industry
Dr. Ping He is the Industry Program Director of Energy Foundation China. Dr. He joined EF China in January 2008. Previously he worked for ten years in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), six years in Africa and Europe, and eight years in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received a Ph.D. in Environment Planning and Management from Peking University.
http://www.efchina.org/About-Us-en/Staff-en/PingHE-en
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U.S. judge disqualifies Huawei lawyer from fraud, sanctions case
A U.S. judge on Tuesday disqualified James Cole, a Washington lawyer for China’s Huawei, from defending the telecommunications equipment maker against charges of bank fraud and sanctions violations. Judge Ann Donnelly of U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, issued her order after federal prosecutors argued that Cole’s prior work at the Department of Justice created conflicts of interest.
Cole served as the deputy attorney general, the No. 2 official, at the Justice Department between 2011 and 2015. “There is a ‘substantial risk’ that Cole could use ‘confidential factual information’ obtained while serving as DAG to ‘materially advance’ Huawei’s current defense strategy,” the U.S. prosecutors said in a May court filing.
Cole, a partner at the law firm Sidley Austin, said he had no recollection of matters referenced as the basis for his disqualification. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the judge’s decision.
“We are disappointed in the court’s decision, which we believe violates Huawei’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel of its choice,” Huawei spokesman Joe Kelly said in a statement. “We reserve our right to appeal this decision when appropriate.” In the May court filing, the government argued that, as deputy attorney general, Cole “personally supervised and participated in aspects of” a related investigation, but said the details were classified. A redacted version of Donnelly’s decision to disqualify Cole will be made public by Jan. 10, the judge said in her order.
The criminal case against Huawei accuses the company of conspiring to defraud HSBC Holdings Plc and other banks by misrepresenting its relationship with a company that operated in Iran. Prosecutors said Huawei put the banks at risk of penalties for processing transactions that violated U.S. sanctions. Cole entered a not guilty plea on behalf of Huawei and its U.S. subsidiary in March.
The company’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei’s founder, is fighting extradition from Canada, where she was arrested last December for her role in the alleged fraud. Meng has said she is innocent.
Michael Levy, another lawyer for the company, argued in court in September that the effort to stop Cole from representing Huawei was another tactical step in a broader U.S. government campaign against the Chinese company.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-lawyer/u-s-judge-disqualifies-huawei-lawyer-from-fraud-sanctions-case-idUSKBN1Y72SI
Japan parliament approves US free trade pact
Agreement takes effect on Jan. 1 and will slash US beef tariffs from 38.5% to 9%
TOKYO – The Japan-U.S. trade agreement designed to reduce or eliminate a broad range of import tariffs was approved by majority vote of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and others in the upper house of the Diet on Wednesday. The pact will reduce the tariff on U.S. beef in steps from 38.5% at present to 9% by fiscal 2033. The Agreement between Japan and the U.S. on digital trade, which includes rules on e-commerce, was also approved. The two agreements will take effect Jan. 1.
Tokyo and Washington agreed to trade talks at a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September last year and they signed the two agreements on Oct. 7. The U.S. president has the authority to complete domestic procedures without a vote from Congress but the Japanese side requires parliamentary approval for the agreements to take effect. The U.S. will scrap about 92% of its tariffs on Japanese products, while Japan lift about 84% of its tariffs on U.S. products in value terms, according to a Japanese government official.
Japan and the U.S. will continue to discuss reducing and eliminating tariffs on cars and car parts. While the Abe government said in the current Diet session that removing tariffs through further talks is the premise of the agreements, the opposition insisted that the removal of tariffs has not been promised.
The two countries will decide on the agenda for a second round of trade talks as early as next spring. It is unclear whether Trump will agree to hold talks to eliminate auto tariffs ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November next year.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/Japan-parliament-approves-US-free-trade-pact
fuck me that's twice.
> It is possible for people to dislike Jews and not be anti-semitic
Of course it is.
Problem is they are not semites so using that to label anyone a racist based on being anti-semetic is incorrect in the first place.
US House passes Uighur bill demanding sanctions on China officials
Action urges Trump to condemn Muslim abuse, draws swift denouncement from Beijing.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the Trump administration to toughen its response to China's crackdown on its Muslim minority, drawing swift condemnation from Beijing.
The Uighur Act of 2019 is a stronger version of a bill that angered Beijing when it passed the Senate in September. It calls on President Donald Trump to impose sanctions for the first time on a member of China's powerful politburo, even as he seeks a deal with Beijing to end a trade war buffeting the global economy.
Just last week, Trump signed into law legislation supporting anti-government protesters in Hong Kong despite angry objections from China.
The Uighur bill, which passed by 407-1 in the Democratic-controlled House, requires the U.S. president to condemn abuses against Muslims and call for the closure of mass detention camps in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
It calls for sanctions against senior Chinese officials who it says are responsible and specifically names Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, who, as a politburo member, is in the upper echelons of China's leadership.
The revised bill still has to be approved by the Republican-controlled Senate before being sent to Trump. The White House has yet to say whether Trump would sign or veto the bill, which contains a provision allowing the president to waive sanctions if he determines that to be in the national interest.
In a statement on Wednesday, China's Foreign Ministry called the bill a malicious attack against China and a serious interference in the country's internal affairs.
"We urge the U.S. to immediately correct its mistake, to stop the above bill on Xinjiang from becoming law, to stop using Xinjiang as a way to interfere in China's domestic affairs," said the statement, attributed to the ministry's spokeswoman, Hua Chunying.
China has consistently denied any mistreatment of Uighurs and says the camps are providing vocational training. It has warned of retaliation "in proportion" if Chen were targeted.
The White House and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
China responded on Monday to the Hong Kong legislation by saying U.S. military ships and aircraft would not be allowed to visit Hong Kong, and announced sanctions against several U.S. non-government organizations.
Analysts say China's reaction to passage of the Uighur bill could be stronger, although some doubted it would go so far as imposing visa bans on the likes of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has called China's treatment of Uighurs "the stain of the century" and has been repeatedly denounced by Beijing.
Global Times, a tabloid published by the official People's Daily newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party, tweeted on Tuesday that Beijing would soon release a so-called unreliable entities list imposing sanctions against those who harm China's interests.
It reported that China was expediting the process for the list because the U.S. House bill would "harm Chinese firms' interests", and that "relevant" U.S. entities would be part of Beijing's list.
Republican U.S. Representative Chris Smith called China's actions in "modern-day concentration camps" in Xinjiang "audaciously repressive," involving "mass internment of millions on a scale not seen since the Holocaust."
"We cannot be silent. We must demand an end to these barbaric practices," Smith said, adding that Chinese officials must be held accountable for "crimes against humanity."
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called China's treatment of the Uighurs "an outrage to the collective conscience of the world," adding that "America is watching."
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/US-House-passes-Uighur-bill-demanding-sanctions-on-China-officials
ok..needs to be called out but really Nancy??
Get to work bitch!
>Sorry already baked.