Why an Investment Treaty with China Matters
The United States and China restarted BIT negotiations last summer when China agreed to include key equal treatment principles advocated by the US-China Business Council and others.
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Join us for USCBC's 41st Annual Membership Meeting
USCBC Annual Meeting 2014
Now entering its fifth decade, USCBC's Annual Membership Meeting is the leading forum for gaining strategic intelligence on the opportunities and challenges facing US-China commercial relations. From the latest investment and operating developments in China to evolving US and PRC policy priorities, the conference features analysis on the top issues from expert first-hand observers. Visit the event website to learn more about the program and how to register.
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USCBC Releases 2014 Statement of Priorities
This is the third priorities statement issued by USCBC’s board of directors. While progress has been made on a number of the previous statements’ recommendations, more work needs to be done on other issues and new concerns continue to arise that require the attention of both governments in order to fully develop commercial ties, resolve issues, and bring greater benefit to each country’s economy, companies, employees, and citizens.
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Third Plenum Decision Expands Reform Objectives
China’s new leadership has proposed a series of sweeping policy reforms in a document released late last week after the third plenum of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress. The Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensive and Far-Reaching Reforms is more detailed than the brief communiqué released at the close of plenum, and covers changes in everything from state-owned enterprise (SOE) dividends to China’s one-child policy.
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CEOs Discuss Expansion of US-China Commercial Relationship
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) and the US-China Business Council (USCBC) on October 31, 2013 co-hosted a CEO dialogue between senior Chinese and American business leaders in Beijing. BFA Secretary General Zhou Wenzhong and USCBC Chair Ellen Kullman co-chaired the dialogue. This is the fourth annual US-China CEO dialogue co-hosted by the Boao Forum and the US-China Business Council.
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Why an Investment Treaty with China Matters
The United States and China restarted BIT negotiations last summer when China agreed to include key equal treatment principles advocated by the US-China Business Council and others.
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Join us for USCBC's 41st Annual Membership Meeting
USCBC Annual Meeting 2014
Now entering its fifth decade, USCBC's Annual Membership Meeting is the leading forum for gaining strategic intelligence on the opportunities and challenges facing US-China commercial relations. From the latest investment and operating developments in China to evolving US and PRC policy priorities, the conference features analysis on the top issues from expert first-hand observers. Visit the event website to learn more about the program and how to register.
Read More
USCBC Releases 2014 Statement of Priorities
This is the third priorities statement issued by USCBC’s board of directors. While progress has been made on a number of the previous statements’ recommendations, more work needs to be done on other issues and new concerns continue to arise that require the attention of both governments in order to fully develop commercial ties, resolve issues, and bring greater benefit to each country’s economy, companies, employees, and citizens.
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Recent Analysis

China Currency Gets a Pass, But Depreciation Noted

Continuing a 20 year-long trend, the US Treasury Department this week did not name China a currency manipulator, though said China’s currency remains “significantly undervalued.” In its Semi-Annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, the Treasury Department...

Pritzker Asia Trade Speech Touches Lightly on China

In a speech yesterday on the United States’ economic ties to the Asia-Pacific, US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker gave few new insights on US commercial engagement with China. Pritzker’s remarks at Johns Hopkins University’s SAIS campus underscored the importance of the region to the US...

How to Deal with Dispatch Labor Under China’s New Labor Law

New regulations limiting the proportion of dispatch—or temporary—workers in China went into effect on March 1, constraining hiring choices and requiring labor force restructuring for many companies. A follow-up to the 2013 Labor Contract Law Amendment, the Provisional Regulations on Labor...

New MOFCOM Measures Aim for Increased Transparency in M&A Investigations

Chinese regulators have recently released two measures meant to make merger and acquisition (M&A) review processes faster and more transparent. The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced measures to simplify M&A reporting processes in February that may speed up international transaction...

State Council IPR Work Priorities Focus on Counterfeit Production and Sales

The State Council recently released the official 2014 priorities for a key interagency group on intellectual property rights (IPR), the State Council Leading Group on Combating IPR Infringement and Sales of Counterfeit Goods.  Many of the key priorities for 2014 extend or build on goals laid out...

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