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What’s in the trade deal?
After months of negotiations, the United States and China have come to a preliminary deal. What all is in it? Reporting indicates that the deal is broken into seven chapters and covers a range of issues from intellectual property rights...
Can we expect new tariffs on December 15?
Negotiators are still hashing out whether or not we’ll be seeing a new tranche of tariffs go into effect on the 15th, but both sides have been messaging progress. In a more weedsy segment, we also take a look at...
How China’s reaction to the Hong Kong bill might impact a trade deal
After the passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, China responded by suspending visits of US warships to Hong Kong and imposing sanctions on several NGOs. Will these actions spill over into the trade negotiations? We get...
Talks continue and a look at intellectual property protection
Officials from both the US and China are holding out hope on the possibility of a ‘phase one’ deal, though the cancellation of the APEC summit has left a void about when and if state leaders might meet. Meanwhile, a...
Negotiations update and legislation on China’s business environment
Has there been any progress towards a trade deal? This week, we chat with Lipei Zhang, USCBC’s Deputy Director in Beijing. First we get the latest on US-China negotiations and then we turn to some legislative updates from China on...
Bonus: Matt Margulies on the highlights from CHOPS
After the conclusion of our annual China Operations Conference (CHOPS) in Shanghai, we took a few minutes to chat with Matt Margulies, USCBC’s VP for China Operations. The main takeaways were on positive company sentiment towards the China market, the...
Trade negotiations, CIIE, and our Shanghai China Operations Conference
Progress continues on a possible Phase One deal with talk of the US reducing tariffs and some goodwill gestures from the Chinese side. The China International Import Expo (CIIE) saw broader US participation this year and the opportunity for some...
What was the Fourth Plenum and does it matter?
After a year and half of waiting and speculating, China’s Central Committee wrapped up its fourth plenary session at the very end of last month. Once the secretive, closed-door meeting finished, the results were shared with the public through a...
The Fourth Plenum wrapup and CIIE
Last week, China’s Fourth Plenum, a meeting of the Central Committee of the CCP, came to a conclusion. This has been the first plenum since February of last year, a longer gap than usual. To get the latest, we go...
Progress on a Phase One deal, tariff exclusion requests, and the Fourth Plenum
There’s been some progress on a Phase One trade deal that could possibly be signed by Presidents Trump and Xi at the APEC Summit in Chile and USTR is accepting tariff exclusion requests for Chinese imports on List 4 A....