Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill to bring manufacturing back to the Western hemisphere by providing incentives for manufacturers to leave China. While the future of the bill remains uncertain, some of its provisions push in novel directions and will likely raise both

A new policy brief from the Boston University Global Development Center looks at Chinese loans to Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting a recent decline and possible shift towards foreign direct investment instead.

In a recent interview with Forbes journalist Russell Flannery, Qin Gang, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, answered questions about China-U.S. economic and trade ties.

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill at the end of April calling for both confrontation and competition with China.

A draft text of the WTO TRIPS Waiver, which is designed to facilitate production of Covid-19 medicines in developing countries, has language that could exclude China from its scope. At a WTO meeting on Friday, China raised objections to specific aspects of that language.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * A draft of China's Export Control Law, new rules on foreign-invested telecom companies, tariff cuts on coal, and imports of aquatic products from Kenya. * A new list of Chinese companies subject to delisting on U.S. stock markets, details on

At a press conference today in Canada, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai was asked a couple questions about the possible removal of the Section 301 tariffs.