On May 10, ACSA submitted its comments in response to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s request for public comments on LedgerX, LLC d.b.a. FTX U.S. Derivatives’ (“FTX”) request for amended Derivatives Clearing Organization (“DCO”) Registration Order. More here.

On May 12, the House Transportation Committee Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing entitled “Board Member Views on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization.” More here.

On May 12th, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on “Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models.” Committee Chairman David Scott (D-GA) said that he had serious concerns about the risks the FTX proposal would pose to derivatives markets’ primary functions of price discovery and risk hedging. Several members […]

On April 15th, China Cotton Association (CCA) held its 2022 Annual Council Meeting online, with over 120 participants made of CCA’s Council members, government officials and industry experts. The meeting mainly focused on CCA’s works and efforts in 2021 and industry outlook and work priorities for 2022, which is to put continued efforts to promote […]

On the evening of March 21st, ACSA staff met with the China Cotton Association (CCA) to discuss the state of play for the cotton industry in both the U.S. and China. Yuan Associates stated that, “During the meeting, Vice President and Secretary General of CCA Mr. Wang Jianhong expressed the hope to work with ACSA […]

From March 5th through 11th, China held its annual National People’s Congress (NPC), deliberated and approved the Report on the Work submitted by the Chinese government, determined the goals for 2022, analyzed the challenges facing China under the current domestic and international situation, and proposed corresponding tasks to tackle those challenges. In the analysis below, […]