Key details on the agenda and deliverables for President Donald Trump’s trip to China early next month remain unclear as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer prepare to meet with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng in Paris over Sunday and Monday.
Phase One addresses a wide variety of issues regarding trade secrets, pharmaceutical-related IP, geographical indications, trademarks, and enforcement against pirated and counterfeit products.
At the two-year anniversary of the Phase One trade agreement, most of the deadlines for China’s structural commitments in agriculture, financial services, and intellectual property have passed. The US-China Business Council (USCBC) is tracking more than 150 technical commitments made as part of the agreement.
It has been over two years since the US-China Phase One trade agreement was inked by President Donald Trump and Vice Premier Liu He on January 15, 2020. USCBC has tracked over 150 commitments on items ranging from market access to improving intellectual property rights protection and administrative reforms.
Travel to China remains a major area of concern for the business community. With some new variables in the mix—a fast track program on the plus side and omicron on the downside—where do we stand? To get an answer, we’re on the line this week with our director in Shanghai, Melinda Xu. Learn more about […]
It’s hard to get into any conversation about competition with China without addressing whether competition in a particular industry is fair. Do foreign companies in China and Chinese companies in foreign markets play by the same rules? In a report from Rhodium Group released last spring, Dr. Agatha Kratz and her colleagues took a look […]
