President of the United States-China Business Council, Craig Allen, once served as commercial attaché at the US Embassy in Beijing in the early 1990s. "I think that the Belt and Road Initiative is developing infrastructure in places that are often times difficult, that are lacking in infrastructure. I think that it is very painfully obvious that those places need better infrastructure. To the extent that infrastructure is being built that is needed and is economically useful, I think that is a good...
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04/18/2019
Erin Ennis, senior vice president at the US-China Business Council, suggested a later June meeting – perhaps on the sidelines of the G20 at the end of the month – would be more feasible. “It seems like both sides want to have the deal completed first before they’re willing to discuss when and where a summit would happen,” Ennis told CNBC.
04/15/2019
Beijing needs to show local governments that it means business. It also needs to demonstrate such commitment to foreign business interests and governments, especially Washington. The US-China Business Council has been especially vocal in calling for the break-up of state-owned monopolies, which close off up to 45 percent of the domestic economy to foreign investment and private domestic firms.
11/19/2018
"They are more than a little gun-shy," said Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council, pointing to two previous...
11/15/2018
US-China Business Council President Craig Allen told Reuters last week that he thought it was likely China would withdraw from...
11/14/2018
Wisconsin's exports to China supported 14,100 American jobs in 2016. The growth of the state's goods exports to China from 2008...
11/14/2018
According to Erin Ennis, Senior Vice President at the US-China Business Council, this trade uncertainty has indeed hastened the...
11/13/2018
“The US has export controls for national security. That leads to industrial policies by the Chinese to duplicate the same...
11/13/2018
Erin Ennis, Senior Vice President of the US-China Business Council, told industry representatives in New York that American...
11/13/2018
“It’s constructive to have both sides talking,” said Erin Ennis, senior vice president of the US-China Business Council, which...
11/08/2018
“American companies are very bullish on the Chinese market. We hope to expand our presence here, to do more business here, to...
11/08/2018
“American companies are in a difficult spot,” Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council, said this week at the...
11/08/2018
United States companies should speak out about the importance of the Chinese market and US-China cooperation as trade tensions...
11/07/2018
“These announcements are very positive [but] that process has been pretty much slower than many anticipated,” Parker said. “...
11/07/2018
True, the trade deficit with China has cost the US jobs. But those losses have been in low-wage positions, and have been offset...
11/07/2018
Of the Communist government’s many goals for the import expo — billed as the first of many — “one is to increase China’s...
11/07/2018
Xi said “the right things,” Erin Ennis, vice president at the US-China Business Council, told Morning Trade. “But we need to...
11/05/2018
Meanwhile, Jake Parker, vice-president for China operations at the US-China Business Council, said that the presidents’...
11/05/2018
Jake Parker, vice-president of China operations at the US-China Business Council, which will host a conference at the fair,...
11/02/2018
Jacob Parker, vice president of China operations at the US-China Business Council in Beijing, said there were plenty of...
11/01/2018
True, the trade deficit with China has cost the US jobs. But those losses have been in low-wage positions, and have been offset...
10/31/2018
For years, the US China Business Council has pressured Washington to sign a bilateral trade agreement with Beijing. In a best-...
10/31/2018
A spokesman for the US embassy in Beijing said the US had no plans for high-level government participation in the expo. But at...