Hot Issues
Countervailing Duties
Reports and Analysis
US-China Trade: Commerce Faces Practical and Legal Challenges in Applying Countervailing Duties, June 2005 [pdf]
US Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report
USCBC Fact Sheet: Countervailing Duties and China's Nonmarket Economy Status, ( May 25, 2005) [M]
Currency
Documents
US Dept. of the Treasury November 2005 Report on Exchange Rates
Treasury Secretary Snow's comments on November 2005 Report on Exchange Rates
China's Currency: Not the Problem June 2005 [pdf]
Economist Albert Keidel argues that China's exchange rate is not undervalued and not a cause of the US trade deficit.
Coping with Global Imbalances and Asian Currencies May 2005 [pdf]
Asian Development Bank economist Cyn-Young Park forecasts negligible changes in the US trade deficit after a possible RMB revaluation.
US Treasury Department Report on International Exchange Rate Policies May 2005
The official US position on China's exchange rate. US Secretary of the Treasury John Snow warns that unless China takes concrete steps toward exchange rate liberalization, the Treasury Department will determine that China manipulates its currency.
CBO Testimony: Economic Relationships Between the United States and China April 2005 [pdf]
Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin tells the House Committee on Ways and Means that an appreciation of the RMB would have only a small effect on US imports.
Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Capital Account Liberalization and Exchange Rate Flexibility in China January 2005 [pdf]
A team of IMF economists explain that China can and should move toward a flexible exchange rate.
China's Exchange Rate and US-China Economic Relations June 2004 [M]
Pieter Bottelier, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, puts the debate on China's exchange rate in context.
Adjusting China's Exchange Rate Policies June 2004 [pdf]
Morris Goldstein, a China-expert at the Institute for International Economics, argues that China's exchange rate is undervalued by roughly 20 percent.
Intellectual Property Rights
Reports and Analysis
China's 2004-06 JCCT Commitments, 10/20/06 [pdf]
IP Protection Best Practice Tips (January-February 2006 China Business Review)
Intellectual Property Rights in China: Background and Figures June 2005
PRC Rules on Government Procurement of Software
USCBC Comments
USCBC Testimony to Congress on PRC Government Procurement of Software (May 13, 2005) [pdf]
USCBC Comments on Proposed PRC Rules on Government Procurement of Software (April 13, 2005) [pdf] [M]
Trade Deficit
Reports and Analysis
USCBC Paper: Understanding the US-China Balance of Trade
USTR's 2004 National Trade Estimate Report on Barriers to Trade in China [pdf]
Visa Issues
Reports and Analysis
Visas: What Your Company Can Do (March 20, 2006)
"Do Visa Delays Hurt US Business?" (June 2, 2004) [pdf]
Santangelo Group study finds visa delays cost US business $30 billion
Report Recommendations [pdf]
USCBC Member Alert: US Visa Issues Affecting US Companies in China [M]
USCBC Letter from the President: Of Viruses and Visas
USCBC President Robert A. Kapp's Testimony to House Small Business Committee
WTO Implementation
Reports and Analysis
USCBC Welcomes Resolution of China Semiconductor Dispute (July 8, 2004)
USCBC's 2004 Analysis: Highlights of China's WTO Implementation Efforts
USTR's 2004 National Trade Estimate Report on Barriers to Trade in China [pdf]
USTR's 2003 Report to Congress on China's WTO Implementation [pdf]
USCBC's 2003 Written Testimony to USTR on China's WTO Implementation [pdf]