Current and Former U.S. Government Officials Comment on China's Presence in Africa

At an event put on by the Foreign Policy Research Institute yesterday entitled "Chinese Presence in Africa: A U.S. Perspective," several experts discussed the U.S. view of Chinese activities in Africa.

Beijing Outlines Measures to Stabilize Supply Chains, Creating Company White List; Shanghai Is First to Test

During a recent virtual meeting, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He announced multiple measures to stabilize domestic supply chains. This is the most recent effort by the Chinese central government to ensure economic growth, as many cities in China are under some level of lockdown. While the implementation measures remain to

At Peterson Institute Event, US Scholar and EU Official Talk about Russia War's Implications on Economic Relations with China

At a Peterson Institute event today, entitled "Sanctions, Russia's war, and the future of trade," a U.S. scholar and a European Commission official both offered some thoughts on the future of economic relations with China.

China Starts Expiry Review on Chemicals from Japan

On April 19, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that it would start an expiry review on anti-dumping measures on vinylidene chloride from Japan.

Beijing Issues Document to Create a Unified Market, Remove Local Protectionism

Last week, Beijing issued a document on creating a unified domestic market, outlining measures related to property rights protection, market access policies, monopolistic behaviors and unfair competition, data, standard setting, and local protectionism.

New Report Examines Chinese Lending in Kenya and Impact on Mombasa Port

A new paper from a research center at Johns Hopkins University examines the controversy over Chinese lending for a Kenyan railway and the possible seizure of a Kenyan port, which has been put forward as an example of China's "debt trap diplomacy." The paper concludes as
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WTO Meeting Discusses Range of Offensive and Defensive Chinese Trade Issues

At the November 1 and 2, 2021 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes of the meeting have just recently been circulated by the WTO, a number of long-standing issues related to trade with China were discussed. Some were concerns that
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