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.
Fifty states, fifty stories of trade relations with China. What distinguishes these stories from the national narrative, which is increasingly marked by wariness and even hostility toward China, is a pragmatic desire to keep trade flowing, preferably growing, while the federal government figures out the meaning of terms like “strategic competitors.” States are the terrain […]
Last week, representatives from the United States and China held the first major bilateral meetings under the Biden administration. By all accounts, tensions were pretty high, but the meetings still yielded some results and items for companies to pay attention to. This week, we get the latest from our Vice President of China Operations Matt […]
As China’s legislative sessions have come to a close, focus is now on the document that will offer guidelines and targets for the coming five years, the aptly-named Five-Year Plan. Today, to get a brief roundup of what’s in that document, we’re on the line with our director in Beijing, Lipei Zhang. Full analysis: China […]
