Rhetoric vs. Reality in Trump’s Stance on China
During the long election campaign, Donald Trump consistently took a hard line on China, blaming...
U.S. trade
Mounting Criticism on Both Sides of the Great Firewall
China’s Great Firewall has come under renewed pressure from both ordinary Chinese web users...
Chicken Parts Join Menu of U.S.-China Disputes
The Chinese government has announced that it will impose anti-dumping duties on chicken parts from the U.S. From Reuters: The Chinese Commerce Ministry’s initial investigation showed that U.S. companies had dumped chicken...
Obama Vows ‘Much Tougher’ Stance on US-China Trade
In a question and answer session with Senate Democrats today, President Obama vowed to take a tougher stance on trade with China but said he opposed becoming protectionist. From BBC: At a meeting with Senate Democrats, Mr Obama...
Chinese Evade U.S. Sanctions on Iran
While an embargo bans companies who sell arms to Iran from conducting business in the U.S., many Chinese companies are skirting the rules to keep the trade routes open. The Wall Street Journal reports: A unit of state-owned...
US Says Copyright Piracy In China Still “Unacceptably High”
From AFP: Copyright piracy in China remains at “unacceptably high levels,” causing “serious harm” to American businesses, the top US trade official said in an annual report to Congress Tuesday. US Trade...
China Loses Appeal of WTO Ruling on U.S. Books, Films
From Bloomberg: World Trade Organization judges rejected a Chinese appeal of a ruling that held its restrictions on the sale of books, films and music from the U.S. illegal. The 183-page decision, issued today by the WTO’s...
Obama’s Free-Trade Credentials Draw China, APEC Scrutiny (Updated)
Bloomberg reports on Obama’s reception in Asia so far: Obama is using the trip to redefine the U.S. relationship with Asia from its biggest debtor and largest single buyer of consumer goods to a more balanced partnership...
U.S. Softens Tone To Improve China Relations
From Reuters: The United States is going out of its way to build a warmer economic relationship with China and the strategy seems to be paying early dividends. In the past two weeks, China has endorsed a U.S.-backed commitment...
U.S. Groups Eye Second Obama Decision On China Yuan
From Reuters: U.S. labor and manufacturing groups urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to live up to his campaign rhetoric and formally label China a currency manipulator in a Treasury Department report due out next week. But...
China Import Surge Casts Obama Tariff as Phony War
Despite the recent imposition of steep tariffs of Chinese tires by the Obama administration, a trade war between the two countries is unlikely, according to Bloomberg: China’s imports, up 68 percent in five years, now amount to...
China to Probe US Auto, Chicken Imports
China is retaliating against Obama’s announcement that the U.S. would impose hefty duties on tires imported from China. From China Daily: Just two days after the decision by the United States to levy heavy import tariffs...
China Denounces New Tire Tariffs
The New York Times reports on China’s response to President Obama’s decision to impose steep duties on tires imported from China: “China is firmly opposed to this measure of serious commercial protectionism by the...
Obama Slaps Duties on Tire Imports from China
The Obama Administration has imposed steeper duties on imports of tires from China in response to a complaint from labor groups in the U.S., Reuters reports: The United Steelworkers union, which represents workers at many U.S....
The U.S. Climate Change Bill: International Trade Implications & China
On China Law and Policy, Elizabeth Lynch writes a lengthy post, including a podcast interview with Jake Caldwell, director of Policy for Agriculture, Trade & Energy at the Center for American Progress, to help explain...
China Launches Action at WTO to Keep U.S., EU Markets Open
From Wall Street Journal: China launched formal complaints at the World Trade Organization in a bid to take down trade barriers set up by the European Union and U.S., a sign Beijing is fighting more aggressively to keep foreign...
Gady Epstein: Your Alpaca For A Visa?
From Forbes: If the e-mail had come from some other distant country, Wayne England might have dismissed it as a scam. But this one, an inquiry last November about buying his alpacas, was from China, so the 74-year-old Tennessee...
U.S., China United On Approach To Economy
All eyes will be on China-U.S. discussions as the G-20 forum approaches. One economist has characterized the powerful relationship as the ‘G-2 group’ that will lead the way to global economic recovery. From NPR: When...
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