From the Times (link) United States senators are holding last-ditch talks in Beijing today about averting a potentially devastating trade row in which punitive tariffs of 27.5 per cent would be imposed on all Chinese exports to America. The Bush Administration is worried that what so far has been merely a war of words ” […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link) Taiwan’s government is imposing tighter restrictions on economic exchanges with China in a move that is likely to provoke an outcry in the business community. Under a set of new rules announced on Wednesday, Taiwanese companies that plan investments in China will have to undergo much tighter government scrutiny, and […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link) The competitiveness of China’s manufacturing industries has suffered serious erosion over the past year, according to one of the world’s largest trade sourcing companies. Hong Kong-based Li & Fung group, which manages a $7.1bn a year trading business, said price rises crept back into the Sino-US and EU supply chains […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the Washington Post (link) The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee are putting the finishing touches on a bill aimed at addressing trade irritants with China and plan to unveil it next week, a spokeswoman for one of the senators said on Tuesday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link) Lawyers for a jailed Chinese researcher for The New York Times asked prosecutors this week to immediately release him in order to comply with a surprise court decision that withdrew the case against him. The lead lawyer, Mo Shaoping, visited the researcher, Zhao Yan, today at the Beijing detention […]
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