Geoffrey Sant

on March 5, 2018

Geoffrey Sant is a Partner in the Trial Department of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. He represents some of the world’s largest banks, investment companies, and businesses in both litigation and transactional matters. Sant also teaches at Fordham Law School and has taught at the China University of Political Science and Law (in Beijing). His legal writings have been cited at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the New York Court of Appeals, as well as numerous other trial and appellate courts.

Sant is a Director of the Chinese Business Lawyers Association, and is the President of the Board of Directors of the New York Chinese Cultural Center, a 44-year-old nonprofit. He is a native speaker of English, and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.

Paul Burke

on March 5, 2018

Paul Burke is North Asia Regional Director of the U.S. Soybean Export Council. He has a 30-year career promoting U.S. agriculture exports, serving in both the public and private sectors. He has promoted U.S. soybean exports since 2003. A graduate of Michigan State University he also studied Mandarin at Taiwan Normal University.

How Will Trump’s Tariffs Affect U.S.-China Relations?

A ChinaFile Conversation

By Derek Scissors, Donald Clarke & more on March 2, 2018

Arguing that America is harmed by other countries’ trade practices, President Donald Trump said on March 1 that the U.S. will impose a new 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum. “People have no idea how badly our country has been treated by other countries,” Trump said. Although China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of steel, it is only the 11th largest exporter of steel to the U.S., and the fourth largest exporter of aluminum to the U.S.

The Brands That Kowtow to China

By Richard Bernstein on March 2, 2018

There’s been no joking as the apologies to China have come thick and fast in recent weeks, issued not by teenage singers but by some of the largest and richest multinational corporations in the world—the German luxury car manufacturer Daimler, the Marriott Hotel chain, Delta Airlines, and others. Like Chou Tzu-yu’s statement of regret, moreover, the apologies have been striking in their abjectness, their reaffirmation of China’s position on crucial issues like Taiwan and Tibet, even the use of boilerplate language right out of China’s propaganda lexicon.