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03.28.18‘America First’ Shouldn’t Stop the Us from Welcoming Chinese Students and Other Global Talent
South China Morning Post
Almost half a century after the “Nixon shock”, when US President Nixon unilaterally declared that the United States would abandon the dollar’s convertibility to gold and impose a 10 per cent import surcharge, the world is now being shaken by the “...
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03.07.18China Protectionism Creates Tech Billionaires Who Protect Xi
Bloomberg
China’s tech giants will add star power to the country’s political festivities this week, paying homage to President Xi Jinping and endorsing constitutional changes for him to remain president indefinitely.
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06.27.17China’s Premier, Li Keqiang, Praises Free Trade, in Contrast to Trump
New York Times
Premier Li Keqiang of China reaffirmed on Tuesday his country’s desire to be seen as the world’s new leader in globalization and free trade, but he offered no specifics on how China might lower its own trade barriers, which are among the steepest of...
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06.13.17Trump’s Trade Restrictions Could Miss China And Slam Everybody Else
Chicago Tribune
Any restriction on imports of the key metals would likely fall on friendly U.S. trading partners, rather than on China, the ostensible target of the administration's concern about steel and aluminum imports.
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04.03.17The Big Unanswered Question ahead of Trump’s First China Meeting
Washington Post
After a campaign defined in large part by a pledge to turn the nation’s trade agenda on its head, President Trump has opened his presidency with a series of modest, more cautious steps
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04.03.17If U.S. Trade with China Is So Unfair, Why Is GM the Best-Selling Car There?
Quartz
Ahead of a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Donald Trump’s White House has made clear that it isn’t happy with China’s high tariffs on imported American automobiles.
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03.08.17Trump in the China Shop
New York Review of Books
The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House threatens a significant acceleration in the rivalry between the U.S. and China.
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03.07.17One of China’s Biggest Trade Partners Is Worried Beijing Will Turn to Its ‘Old Toolbox’ of Protectionism
CNBC
China’s plan to advance its manufacturing capabilities is drawing criticism from one of its major trade partners.
Conversation
01.27.17TPP is Dead, Now What?
On Monday, on his first full working day as president, Donald Trump officially withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation trade pact that did not include China and did not have the votes to...
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01.24.17A U.S.-China Role Switch: Who’s the Globalist Now?
Wall Street Journal
Xi Jinping sees a window as Donald Trump stirs masses with slogans
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01.19.17U.S. Commerce Nominee Ross Calls China ‘Most Protectionist’ Country
Reuters
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for commerce secretary, voiced sharp criticism of China’s trade practices on Wednesday
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01.19.17China Is America’s “Vendor,” and Needs to Treat Its Biggest Customer Better, Trump’s Commerce Pick Says
Quartz
China loomed large in the US senate’s confirmation hearing today of Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary.
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01.17.17In Davos, Xi Makes Case for Chinese Leadership Role
Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defense of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday in a speech that underscored Beijing’s desire to play a greater global role
The China Africa Project
07.30.16The Honeymoon between China and Africa Is Over and That’s a Good Thing
It wasn’t that long ago when it was all smiles between the Chinese and Africans. The headlines were all about “win-win” development, China’s role in helping Africa to rise above its colonial past, and investment—lots and lots of Chinese investment...
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11.23.15China Seeks to Remove Provincial Barriers to Trade
Reuters
China will accelerate reforms to remove internal barriers to both foreign and domestic trade.
Conversation
07.09.14The U.S. and China Are At the Table: What’s At Stake?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew are in Beijing this week for the sixth session of the high level bilateral diplomatic exchange known as the Strategic and Economic Dialogue. We asked contributors what's likely...
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08.05.13The Price of ‘Made in China’
New York Times
The $34 milllion in steel production and fabriation needed to refurbish North America’s longest suspension bridge, the Verrazano-which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island has been outsourced to China.
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11.02.05U.S.-China Relations in the Wake of CNOOC
Cato Institute
CNOOC, a subsidiary of state-owned China National Offshore Oil Company, lost to Chevron in a bid to acquire Unocal. This loss did not occur because of Chevron's lower bid, but rather because of U.S. Congressional intervention that blocked the...
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03.01.05Japan, China, and the U. S. Current Account Deficit
Cato Institute
Exchange rate protectionism is a subject much in the news these days, especially in regard to the actions of Japan and China in foreign exchange markets and in the financing of the U.S. current account deficit.