Greyson Mann
Manager, Government Affairs
Washington, DC
Greyson is a Government Affairs Manager at the US-China Business Council. He previously served as a Founding Team Member and Assistant Director of Whittle School & Studios’ Center of Excellence on International Cooperation. He also previously served as an appointee in the Obama administration’s Department of Education Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He has also worked in the tech sector at Chainbridge Technologies and Digital Promise.
He is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations and is also the Director of Research for the Black China Caucus. He holds his Masters in International Trade and Economic Diplomacy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. He attended Wofford College for his Bachelors, where he received a Princeton in Asia Fellowship. He speaks Chinese and has lived in Beijing and Shanghai.
11 Posts
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Geneva Talks Lead to Delicate Truce
Talks between US and Chinese negotiators in Geneva over the weekend were more constructive than anticipated. In a joint statement, the two sides drastically reduced baseline tariffs on the other for 90 days to facilitate further negotiations. The reprieve will bring some relief to US companies and consumers, but tariff rates remain high and negotiators face several obstacles to a durable settlement.
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Tariff Tit-for-Tat: China Responds Swiftly to US Reciprocal Tariffs While Trump Warns of Further Action
Following President Donald Trump’s announcement of “reciprocal tariffs” on April 2, China swiftly responded with a broad package of retaliatory tools targeting US trade and investment.
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Proposed Port Fees on Chinese Ships Bring New Uncertainty to Trade World
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Second Commercial Issues Working Group Sees Incremental Progress on Cross-Cutting Issues
US and Chinese officials convened in early September in Tianjin, China for the second US-China Commercial Issues Working Group (CIWG), marking another step in the iterative process of addressing commercial concerns between the two countries.
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Biden Administration’s Outbound Investment Security Program Takes Shape
On June 21, the US Department of the Treasury issued a highly anticipated draft rule aimed at curbing the flow of US capital into sensitive, dual-use technologies in China. The rule, once implemented, will enact novel filing requirements—and, in certain cases, prohibitions—for US corporations and investors that seek to conduct investment activities in a defined range of technologies, which includes semiconductors, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence (AI).
