Events Archive

For its first virtual Forecast conference, the US-China Business Council assembled an outstanding program of panels, speakers and opportunities to network. Not in recent memory has there been so much news to digest and make sense of. On Wednesday, February 4 the US-China Business Council hosted our Forecast 2021 conference to help businesses prepare for the year ahead. Panel and keynote topics included forecasting china economics, trade and investment; trade, technology and border controls; mitigating china operations challenges; and perspectives from Capitol Hill. Two Keynote speakers, Daniel Russel and Minister Li Kexin, gave their perspectives on the future of bilateral relations under the Biden administration. 

Over the last year, supply chains have become an urgent focus in corporate boardrooms and halls of government. Shortages of basic goods and medical supplies in the midst of a global pandemic have raised questions about the resilience of global supply chains. Increased geopolitical competition, particularly between the U.S. and China, have grown. Together, these challenges are causing increased speculation about the need for global economic decoupling of supply chains and even mass reshoring.

The US-China Business Council was pleased to host a private virtual briefing with Mr. Robert Blair, director of policy and strategic planning at the US Department of Commerce. 

Blair discussed the interim final rule on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Supply Chain, which is set to be published imminently. This new regulatory regime will provide Commerce with expansive new authorities to review and potentially reject a vast variety of technology transactions. The rules list China among six “foreign adversaries” that the rules apply to.