Oct 13, 2020

The Trump administration’s tariffs against China were recently ruled to violate international trade law. With a key stakeholder in the multilateral trading system willfully disregarding the very rules that it helped inscribe, the rules-bound order can only be worse off.

Jun 13, 2020

The 2020 Hong Kong Policy Act Report demonstrates that the current administration lacks nuance and understanding of the current region’s needs.

May 14, 2020

A lot of criticism has been directed towards China’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a timeline outlining the unfolding of the crisis shows that these accusations of a botched response are unfounded.

Dec 11, 2019

The Trump administration has demonstrated a lack of a respect for international trade law throughout the US-China trade dispute. Now, organizations like the WTO will suffer at the hand of Trump’s prioritization of his ‘America First’ policies.

Dec 05, 2019

The Trump administration has demonstrated a lack of a respect for international trade law throughout the US-China trade dispute. Now, organizations like the WTO will suffer at the hand of Trump’s prioritization of his ‘America First’ policies.

Jul 05, 2019

Multilateralism is currently facing its greatest downturn since the Great Depression, but the G20 may be best positioned to keep the liberal international order afloat. All eyes will be on President Trump and President Xi at the G20 Summit as the two leaders attempt to bring their escalating trade war to an end.

Mar 08, 2019

China’s foreign inward investment regime will witness a great leap forward next week during the final plenary of the ‘Two Sessions’ meetings, with the fast-tracked passage of a streamlined and liberal foreign investment law.

Jan 10, 2019

So long as China continues to seek “truth from facts” and more importantly makes “practice the sole criterion of the truth," it will prosper.

Oct 19, 2018

With Donald Trump’s multi-front trade war, there could have been no better time to label China a ‘currency manipulator’ (evidence be damned) and slap additional duties on imports from China. Secretary Mnuchin and his team at Treasury deserves credit for preventing this.

Jul 03, 2018

As President Trump seeks to ramp up pressure on China by implementing additional tariffs, he and his administration may find the constraints of international law and WTO procedures hard to circumvent. Washington should suspend its tariff threat, sit down with President Xi’s reform-minded team and press for the further liberalization of China’s foreign direct investment and intellectual property rights regimes.