Last week, the White House announced a 100% Section 232 tariff on large drones and critical components, citing their dual-use applications. The duties are set to take effect on September 3.
Ruchir Sharma, the head of emerging markets and chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley, explains why he’s worried that China’s debt crisis will be a major global concern in 2017. Sharma delivered his predictions for the coming year at an experts’ forecast hosted by Asia Society. (2 min., 14 sec.)
How China’s new normal is requiring compliance to move deeper into company strategy and operations
China passed two new laws in 2016 that will play a major role in shaping its civil society sector. The Charity Law, already in effect, and the Overseas Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Law, set for implementation in January, are closely intertwined, but while the former has been largely praised for incentivizing and simplifying charitable donations and funding, the latter has been widely condemned for restricting which charities can accept these donations and successfully operate in China.
Chinese direct investment in US real estate,negligible until 2010, has grown dramatically and visibly. In 2015, China ranked third in US commercial real estate acquisition volume, trailing only Canada and Singapore, and tied with Norway.
Today, the US-China trade relationship actually supports roughly 2.6 million jobs in the United States across a range of industries, including jobs that Chinese companies have created in America.
Through this research, USCBC found that robust transparency in policy creation and implementation—paired with even enforcement—is critical for companies to efficiently operate and successfully provide safe food. A transparent, healthy regulatory approach leads to policies that are balanced, implementable, and effectively achieve food safety outcomes that help create a greater supply of safe food.
