January 18th, 2017
Developments during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend featured a divergence over trade and globalization between the United States and China. Chinese president Xi Jinping used his remarks at this week’s...
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January 13th, 2017
January 13, 2017
Tillerson Confirmation Hearing: Not opposed to TPP; China unfair on trade
Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson...
January 5th, 2017
January 5, 2017
Obama administration exit memos: China citations
President Obama’s cabinet secretaries today released “exit memos”...
January 3rd, 2017
January 3rd, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Robert Lighthizer as US Trade Representative (USTR), adding another prominent China critic to his administration, if confirmed by the Senate. The Trump transition...
December 22nd, 2016
December 22nd
President-elect Donald Trump will create a new office in the White House to oversee US industrial policy, to be headed by China-critic Peter Navarro. Navarro is the author of “Death by China,” and has called China, “the biggest trade cheater in the world.”
...December 21st, 2016
December 21, 2017
Over the past week, President-elect Donald Trump has announced additional appointments to key economic and foreign policy positions in his administration: Gary Cohn, who will be director of the National Economic Council; and Rex Tillerson, nominated to be Secretary of State.
...December 13th, 2016
December 13,2016
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, who President-elect Donald Trump nominated last week as the next US Ambassador to China, has a long history with Chinese President Xi Jinping. And, during his 2014 keynote speech at the US-China Business Council’s (USCBC) Gala, he stressed the importance of the commercial...
December 12th, 2016
December 12, 2016
December 11, 2016 was an important day in China’s membership in the global economic community. Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the nation’s membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)—and it began the...
December 5th, 2016
December 5, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has begun to name key officials who will play a role in his administration’s China policies. A summary of those key officials’ background on China-related issues is below for reference. In addition, Trump’s transition team announced an advisory panel of current and former CEOs...
November 17th, 2016
November 17, 2016
While President-elect Donald Trump’s policies and personnel choices remain unclear, companies should anticipate two China-related actions that may be pursued early in his presidency: currency legislation and...