WASHINGTON—March 21, 2023—US-China Business Council (USCBC) President Craig Allen today welcomed Karen Elliott as vice president of strategic communications and publications in the Washington, DC, office.
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A recent Global Times article stated that USCBC representatives criticized US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns’s remarks at a recent American Chamber of Commerce celebratory dinner. It further asserted that USCBC will reconsider whether to invite the ambassador to the celebration of the Council’s 50th anniversary this year. These assertions are false. No representative of USCBC made these statements. USCBC is appreciative of the hard work that Ambassador Burns has done in his role in Beijing. USCBC...
US-China Business Council President Craig Allen met virtually with China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao to exchange views on the state of US-China trade and investment relations, views of the American business community on challenges and opportunities for doing business in China, and thoughts on China’s reform and opening plans in 2023. Allen expressed a desire for further engagement between the US and Chinese governments, and a need for tangible reform steps to put the bilateral relationship on a...