COVID-19 Could Doom or Deliver US-China Commercial Relations
Pushing pause on tariffs and proactively pursuing sourcing opportunities with China offers the United States a smoother path through this crisis and a chance at a faster recovery.
A Game of Chicken
The story of how US-China poultry trade went cold for nearly a decade, and why it suddenly re-opened last year.
China’s Participation in International Standards Setting: Benefits and Concerns for US Industry
Without continued vigilance by international standards-setting organizations, there is a potential for weaknesses common to the Chinese domestic system to leak in.
Addressing Risk in the Era of US-China “Great Power” Competition
Washington’s obsession with national security presents compliance and reputational risk to US companies in China, but they can protect against it.
Export Controls on Emerging and Foundational Technologies: A Null Set?
There may be less than meets the eye to Congress’s latest export controls push.
The Year in Social Credit: Where is Corporate Social Credit Going in 2020 and Beyond?
There is a widespread misconception that 2020 is the year in which some kind of master switch will be flipped, and the SCS will suddenly come to life.
Five Takeaways from China’s Fourth Plenum
While the initial readout was uncontroversial, the more detailed document released days later raises some concern about industrial policy.
China’s IP System was Improving Even Before the Trade War
Despite little progress on intellectual property in the trade talks and the difficulties of implementing reform, China is quietly revamping its judicial system to better protect both domestic and foreign IP.
The Social Credit Shadow Looming Behind the Trade War
China aimed to have its comprehensive Social Credit System ready to roll out by 2020. Just a few months from that self-imposed deadline, where does the SCS stand today?
Rulemaking in China: Public Participation is Taking a Leap Forward
How the Chinese government has been slowly incorporating public feedback into its largely walled-in lawmaking process.