On Friday, October 18th, S&P’s Global Chief Economist Paul Gruenwald along with his entire team of senior global economists offered their read on how China’s economy is performing and being managed amid escalating trade tensions and a slowing global economy. Will China choose to pursue high-quality growth or revert to its old model of chasing growth targets? How much pain have the tariffs brought to China’s economy, and will the Chinese government be able to stabilize its economy? How will China reconcile the costs of its industrial policy and subsidies with rising external pressure? From their participation in the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings in October, Paul and his team discussed how the top economic policymakers in the world are thinking about these critical problems that lie ahead for China’s economy.

USCBC hosted its China Market Intelligence Live conference call on Thursday, October 10 at 8:00pm EDT/ Friday, October 11 at 8:00am for those based in China. Craig Allen, President, and Jake Parker, Senior Vice President, and Lipei Zhang, Deputy Director, Business Advisory Services and Government Affairs, gave updates on the trade negotiations happening this week.

The US-China Business Council (USCBC) had a conversation on intellectual property rights protection in China with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) China team on October 1. The USPTO China team in Washington, DC, has recently gained two China IP experts. Mike Mangelson has returned to DC after several years in Shanghai where he served as IP Attaché at the US Department of Commerce. Mangelson will be able to share insights from his experience advocating US IP interests and assisting US businesses in China. Michael Diehl also recently joined USPTO’s China team, bringing extensive experience working on trade related innovation and intellectual property issues at the US Trade Representative and International Trade Commission. The next US IP Attaché in Guangzhou, Conrad Wong, will also join the session.  

In addition to providing an update on the full spectrum of IP issues—from bad faith trademark flings, utility model patents, to pharmaceutical patents and plant variety protections—USPTO would also welcome the opportunity to hear from USCBC members on priority issues of concern. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with USPTO and help inform their outreach efforts in support of US companies on the ground in China.

This event is for USCBC members and invited guests only. Registration is required.

Despite an escalation of trade tensions between the US and China over the past couple of years, survey data had not indicated that the views of average Americans toward China were hardening, but recent findings by the Pew Research Center shows that this may be changing. Their recent report shows that 60 percent of Americans now have an unfavorable view of China, a significant increase from 47 percent in 2018 and the highest level since Pew began collecting survey data on China’s public image.

The US-China Business Council (USCBC) hosted Laura Silver, Senior Researcher with the Pew Research Center, to discuss the findings. She was joined by Ryan Hass, fellow and Michael H. Armacost Chair at the Brookings Institution, who provided additional perspectives on what increasingly negative American perceptions of China might mean for the people-to-people relationship between the two countries, the broader US-China relationship, and US companies conducting business in China.