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December 13, 2018

China
Why Hasn't China Needed to Intervene More This Year?

The prospects for moving from a three month truce to a more durable ceasefire and eventual resolution of the current trade conflict with China have become a central focus of global markets. The is…

Why Hasn't China Needed to Intervene More This Year?

April 5, 2016

China
A "Gut Check" on U.S.-China Policy

At the end of March, I testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the economic aspects of the “rebalance” to Asia.  I have testified before the commission several time…

Wang Yi John Kerry Press Conference

September 28, 2012

Trade
Obama Slapdown on Chinese Wind Deal Sends Wrong Message

President Obama has become the first president in 22 years to issue a formal order blocking a foreign investment into the United States on national security grounds. The decision, which denies the ac…

Wind turbines operate at a wind farm near Milford, Utah (George Frey/Courtesy Reuters).

May 29, 2013

Corporate Governance
Pork and Politics: Chinese Investment in the United States Keeps on Growing

Another day, another major acquisition of a U.S. firm by a Chinese company. The $4.7 billion deal announced today in which China’s Shuanghui Group has agreed to buy the world’s biggest pork producer,…

A package of Smithfield Bacon (daves cupboard/Flickr).

April 14, 2020

China
Looking Back at China's 2019 Balance of Payments Data

Trump's trade war didn't really put a dent in China's balance of payments. And China looks like it has the kind of external balance sheet needed to weather the corona virus shock. China has a lot of …

Looking Back at China's 2019 Balance of Payments Data