China on Monday praised a significant dialing back of trade tension with the United States, with the government saying agreement was in the interests of both countries while state media trumpeted what it saw as China’s refusal to surrender. The cooling of tension elicited mixed reactions from US business leaders dealing with China, with some happy to see the prospect of damaging tariffs fade, while others said it would be difficult for Washington to rebuild momentum to address what they see as troubling...
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05/22/2018
Hollywood’s push for greater access to China’s booming film market - delayed since last year - has become tangled in broader trade talks between Washington and Beijing, a potentially thorny position amid whipsawing trade relations. Jacob Parker, vice president of China operations at the US-China Business Council, said firms were more concerned about the revenue split for films they brought to China, though higher quotas would be well received too. “Profit sharing is a higher priority,” he said, and...
05/22/2018
China on Monday praised a significant dialing back of trade tension with the United States, with the government saying...
05/22/2018
Hollywood’s push for greater access to China’s booming film market - delayed since last year - has become tangled in broader...
05/22/2018
China's government said Monday it cannot guarantee that renewed trade tension with Washington can be avoided after US Treasury...
05/22/2018
A final deal may not come together before Chinese Vice Premier Liu He returns to Beijing on Saturday, but negotiations appear...
05/22/2018
In the short run, a truce in the trade conflict between the United States and China has lightened tensions, halted the...
05/21/2018
A final deal may not come together before Chinese Vice Premier Liu He returns to Beijing on Saturday, but negotiations appear...
05/21/2018
Chinese officials are hoping to mollify President Trump’s oft-stated displeasure with America’s huge trade imbalance with China...
05/21/2018
US-China Business Council President John Frisbie on how a report suggested that China offered a package that would reduce the...
05/17/2018
Tensions between Trump administration moderates and hard-liners on trade with China are boiling over ahead of talks with...
05/16/2018
USCBC will present testimony this week at the United States Trade Representative hearing on Section 301 tariffs, concerning...
05/16/2018
US-China Business Council Senior Vice President Erin Ennis discusses the next round of trade talks between the US and China.
05/16/2018
US-China Business Council President John Frisbie discusses renewed trade negotiations between the US and China.
05/15/2018
Moody's does not believe that China can satisfy US requests to reduce its trade surplus with the US by $200 billion by 2020...
Major U.S. business groups urge Trump administration to drop China tariff plan ahead of key hearings
05/15/2018
Major US business groups have urged the Trump administration to drop its plan to impose tariffs on Chinese goods ahead of key...
05/14/2018
American business leaders are increasingly concerned that Donald Trump may strike a rapid deal with Beijing on reducing the US...
05/11/2018
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts expressed deep concern on Monday over possible tit-for-tat tariffs between China and the United...
05/10/2018
Exports from the United States to China grew faster than US export growth to the rest of the world, according to a report from...
05/09/2018
The American Southeast is especially vulnerable to Donald Trump’s trade war with China. Let us take South Carolina as an...
05/08/2018
You won’t find any tourist in the muddy, mosquito-ridden town of Barcarena in Brazil’s state of Pará, but you can’t miss the...
05/07/2018
Two days of inconclusive U.S.-China talks ended here Friday amid signs that the Trump administration is demanding dramatic...