Research & Analysis

Nearly 200 countries convened in Baku, Azerbaijan, last month for the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29). Delegates achieved the top priority of this year’s conference, to triple the annual climate finance developed countries provide to developing countries.

Foreign automotive companies face both challenges and opportunities arising from increasing demand for new energy vehicles and the rise of Chinese automakers. NEVs include both battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

As secretary of commerce, Lutnick is slated to lead the Trump administration’s “tariff and trade” agenda, especially if he is indeed given authority over certain functions of the USTR.

President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping will meet tomorrow on the sidelines of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, which kicked off this week in Lima, Peru.

China’s top legislative body recently announced a debt swap plan that will relieve local governments from paying a total of RMB 12 trillion (USD 1.66 trillion) of off-balance sheet debt.

Former president and now President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory will have serious implications for US companies doing business in China.

China’s new Export Control Regulations on Dual-Use Items, released in October, grant the Chinese government the authority to require a license to export certain covered products, technologies, and services that are found in, or can be used to produce, certain chemical, biological, missile, and nuclear items.

Upon beginning his second term, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to make good on his campaign promise to drastically raise US tariffs, especially those on Chinese imports, upending years of US trade policy and potentially leading to a renewed trade war.

USCBC remains committed to our members and our mission and will navigate this latest political season of change with a steady hand, as we have done before. We will continue our work as an advocate for you and a constructive resource to policymakers to advance the many benefits of a strong and stable US-China commercial relationship, not only for America but also the world.

The Department of the Treasury on Monday released a final rule implementing President Joe Biden’s August 2023 executive order on “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern.”