USCBC in the News
03/15/2023
But there is that business aspect which undercuts our perceptions of reality in many sobering ways. For instance, according to a report by the US-China Business Council, China is South Dakota’s top market for exported goods, most of which is agricultural in nature. In 2017, this state exported $804 million in goods to China, which was enough to support 9,600 jobs here. Amid the tariff wars during President Donald Trumps’ tenure, South Dakota lost $370 million in exports intended for China, according to...
03/07/2023
Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council and a former US official, said Li sought to level the playing field for foreign businesses, pointing to the speed with which US carmaker Tesla was able to get its Shanghai factory there operational in 2019. "Clearly nothing got in the way once a decision was made. There was a clarity of a kind in his decision making, an authority, and that really helps," said Allen, describing Li as comfortable in his own skin.
03/07/2023
Completely unmentioned were all the benefits of trade with China. The US-China Business Council notes: “American companies exported $192 billion in goods and services to China in 2021, constituting 7.5 percent of US exports … Exports to China support over 1 million US jobs.” Meanwhile, cheap Chinese exports have fueled US prosperity — and, until recently, with low inflation.
06/30/2022
And today’s webinar is in partnership with the US-China Business Council or the USBC, which is a nonpartisan non-profit...
06/24/2022
“The law will essentially act as a trade embargo against goods with input from Xinjiang,” Doug Barry, vice-president of...
06/24/2022
Doug Barry, vice president of the US-China Business Council, also told Voice of America earlier that Beijing’s zero-Covid...
06/23/2022
The law has been celebrated as an important step forward for human rights, but it has faced backlash from some companies for...
06/23/2022
But Douglas Barry, vice president of communications and publications for the US-China Business Council, said the law is unclear...
06/23/2022
Although the lawmakers announcing the agreement characterized the bill as a “refined proposal,” it is still extremely broad....
06/23/2022
US businesses, meanwhile, continue to invest heavily in China, and they are growing more outspoken about their intention to...
06/23/2022
American firms intend to stay in China overall but diversify, said Douglas Barry, communications vice president with the US-...
06/23/2022
"If such government controls were implemented on a unilateral basis, it would only hurt the flexibility and resilience of...
06/22/2022
Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council, agreed that companies were eager to work with Washington on the issue...
06/21/2022
"The way the law is written could be interpreted as applying to other kinds of goods from other parts of China that allegedly...
06/21/2022
In a statement provided to VOA, US-China Business Council President Craig Allen said the late release of the FLETF plan means “...
06/21/2022
Theoretically, US importers can still buy goods from Xinjiang, by providing the aforementioned evidence of no forced labor, but...
06/21/2022
“We are expecting implementation to be messy. They have released little information beforehand, and companies won’t know many...
06/21/2022
In 2021, bilateral trade topped record-breaking 750 billion US dollars. The US Export Report 2022 issued by the US-China...
06/16/2022
CBP published an operations guide on Monday specifying how businesses can prove that their products are untainted by forced...
06/16/2022
“I recently interviewed some folks who had done a report on data privacy for the US-China Business Council. There was this...
06/15/2022
“I have detected rising levels of concern among the policy community about Americans’ competitiveness with China’s economic...
06/15/2022
Already, the US-China Business Council, which represents US companies doing business in China, warns that it will make them...
06/15/2022
The US-China Business Council has considered curbs on outward investments as detrimental to the resilience and flexibility of...