
Greyson Mann
Senior Manager, Government Affairs
Washington, DC
Senior Manager, Government Affairs
Washington, DC
Greyson is a senior manager of government affairs at the US-China Business Council. He previously served as a Founding Team Member and Assistant Director of Whittle School & Studios’ Center of Excellence on International Cooperation. He also previously served as an appointee in the Obama administration’s Department of Education Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He has also worked in the tech sector at Chainbridge Technologies and Digital Promise.
He is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations and is also the Director of Research for the Black China Caucus. He holds a Master’s in International Trade and Economic Diplomacy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. He attended Wofford College for his bachelor’s, where he received a Princeton in Asia Fellowship. He speaks Chinese and has lived in Beijing and Shanghai.
The United States and China have signed a yet-to-be-released framework capturing agreements made between chief negotiators in London last month. Trump on June 11 posted on Truth Social that the China trade deal was complete and that full magnets, and any necessary rare earths, will be supplied up front by China.
Talks between US and Chinese negotiators in Geneva over the weekend were more constructive than anticipated. In a joint statement, the two sides drastically reduced baseline tariffs on the other for 90 days to facilitate further negotiations. The reprieve will bring some relief to US companies and consumers, but tariff rates remain high and negotiators face several obstacles to a durable settlement.
Following President Donald Trump’s announcement of “reciprocal tariffs” on April 2, China swiftly responded with a broad package of retaliatory tools targeting US trade and investment.
US and Chinese officials convened in early September in Tianjin, China for the second US-China Commercial Issues Working Group (CIWG), marking another step in the iterative process of addressing commercial concerns between the two countries.