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12/07/2021
As the bill stands, any business importing items from the Uyghur majority Chinese region of Xinjiang would have to prove the products aren’t made with forced labor, or face seizure at the border. The provision is known as the “rebuttable presumption.” That provision has worried international businesses for months. Groups like the US-China Business Council, National Retail Federation and American Apparel and Footwear Association, lobbied to get changes to Customs’ trade enforcement into the Senate version...
12/06/2021
Speaking in Washington, Qin Gang, China’s ambassador to the US, said Beijing stood “ready” to expand economic cooperation in the arenas of agriculture, manufacturing, energy, and financial services. As China rocketed towards becoming the world’s largest consumer market, “American companies are welcome to come on board to share the dividends of China’s high-quality development,” said Qin, speaking to an audience of business representatives at an event hosted by the US-China Business Council.
12/03/2021
“I know you are concerned about resumption of business travel to China. Let me announce here that we are implementing President Xi’s direction on upgrading fast-track arrangement to provide more conveniences for you. With the upgraded arrangement, the time needed for travel approval will be shorter, no more than 10 working days. Testing and quarantine will be more convenient. You can work during quarantine if conditions for a quarantine bubble are eligible. We have formulated a specific work plan and...
12/07/2021
As the bill stands, any business importing items from the Uyghur majority Chinese region of Xinjiang would have to prove the...
12/06/2021
Speaking in Washington, Qin Gang, China’s ambassador to the US, said Beijing stood “ready” to expand economic cooperation in...
12/03/2021
“I know you are concerned about resumption of business travel to China. Let me announce here that we are implementing President...
12/03/2021
China will cut to no more than 10 days the time required for approval of travel by US business executives, its ambassador to...
China says it will fast-track entry for US business leaders as Beijing sticks to zero-Covid strategy
12/03/2021
China has pledged to reduce waiting times for businessmen seeking approval to travel to the country from the United States, its...
12/03/2021
Doug Barry, director of communications for the US-China Business Council, said hefty tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of...
12/03/2021
China will cut to no more than 10 days the time required for approval of travel by US business executives, its ambassador to...
12/01/2021
The video conference came after the sixth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the...
11/29/2021
“It’s critically important that the two sides have a stable, predictable and mutually beneficial trade agreement and investment...
11/29/2021
According to a report commissioned by the US-China Business Council in January, the trade war has cost the US 245,000 jobs,...
11/23/2021
America is seeing an unprecedented number of Bills in Congress that are aimed at China – not just a recent high but at least a...
11/23/2021
"What's not good, of course, is the tariffs.. it doesn't seem like they talked about that" Doug Barry of the US China Business...
11/23/2021
USCBC's Vice President for Government Affairs joins SupChina to talk about US exports to China.
11/23/2021
Meanwhile, a US-China Business Council survey in 2020 also found that 13 percent of companies said they had been asked by their...
11/19/2021
While intellectual property and trade-deal purchases could be low-hanging fruit in future negotiations, the US-China Business...
11/19/2021
Persistent issues that would dramatically improve economic relations were also off the table. According to Craig Allen,...
11/19/2021
In a letter to Biden officials sent ahead of the summit, multiple business groups, including the US-China Business Council and...
11/19/2021
The US-China Business Council stated in its Member Survey 2021 that a majority of the surveyed companies have maintained...
11/19/2021
In January, a US-China Business Council-commissioned study found that the trade war had cost 245,000 US jobs, while a reduction...
11/19/2021
Any push by lawmakers or the Biden administration to clamp down on US investment in China is likely to face stiff opposition...