Feb 26, 2018
President Xi Jinping's economic policy adviser Liu He will visit the U.S. from Feb 27 to March 3.
Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
Feb 26, 2018
The US should cool it on China.
Christopher A. McNally, Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Feb 14, 2018
There are only two major pathways open: a continuation of relatively minor actions on both sides that nonetheless could spiral into a tit-for-tat trade war that no one wanted; or then a concerted effort on both sides to engage in negotiations.
Josephine Wolff, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Feb 06, 2018
China and the U.S. are two of the only nations in the world with sufficiently strong, stable domestic tech sectors that they can afford to block major overseas competitors without fear of significantly undercutting the services available to their own citizens. But if the Chinese government has been willing to let at least some foreign firms compete with its domestic champions in the tech sector, it’s not clear that the same is true of the U.S. government.
Peng Gui, Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Feb 06, 2018
Chinese companies have become major targets of the CFIUS review process in recent years. This may continue or escalate if Congress passes the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act.
Christopher Balding, Associate Professor of Business and Economics, HSBC Business School in Shenzhen
Feb 06, 2018
Despite the high profile rejection of the MoneyGram acquisition, Beijing’s limits on capital controls have demonstrably killed more deals than U.S. national security concerns. Though China’s concern is understandable, it simply does not hold up to factual scrutiny that Beijing is targeted any more than other countries.
Derek Scissors, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Feb 02, 2018
President Trump’s long-held views and campaign words signify heavy political pressure to shrink the U.S. trade deficit. Additional and unprecedented steps will be taken in 2018, primarily directed at China. But the trade deficit, especially the bilateral Sino-American deficit, may not budge.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Feb 01, 2018
The imposition of so-called safeguard tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines under Section 201 of the US Trade Act is directed mainly at China and South Korea.
Jan 29, 2018
Trump’s national security team is reported at looking at options to counter the threat of China spying on U.S. phone calls that include the government building a super-fast 5G wireless network.
Tung Chee Hwa, Chairman Emeritus, China-United States Exchange Foundation
Jan 19, 2018
Serious effort is needed to bridge the trust gap between the U.S. and China.