Recent Analysis
On April 26, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted a revision of China’s Anti-Espionage Law (EN/CN) effective July 1. These changes, coupled with reports of investigations and enforcement actions against a growing number of multinational corporations and their...
On Thursday, it was announced that China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao will meet with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Washington and with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Detroit next week. Many have been expecting Tai and Wentao to meet, as Detroit is hosting the trade...
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held eight hours of talks with China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, over Wednesday and Thursday in Vienna in a step toward stabilizing relations. The previously undisclosed talks broke a period of relative silence between the two countries, following the Chinese...
On April 26, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress voted to adopt revised amendments to China’s Anti-Espionage Law. The amendments go into effect on July 1 and mark the first changes to the law since it was promulgated in 2014. The amended law further formalizes the state's...
In an April 24 speech, Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), a member of the new House Select Committee on the CCP, outlined his vision for the future of the US-China relationship. Khanna argued that the United States must be willing to suspend China’s permanent normal trade relations (PNTR), saying...
In the first quarter of the year, China’s economy expanded by 4.5 percent, exceeding economists’ growth expectations of around 4 percent. The first quarter performance is a step toward reaching China’s 2023 growth target of 5 percent and is indicative of a return from its COVID-stunted economy....
Export Controls and Sanctions Tracker
Export controls and sanctions continue to be an important economic tool in each US administration’s China strategy. The export controls and sanctions tracker lists all active Commerce, Treasury, and State Department export controls aimed at China.