The possible withdrawal of China’s PNTR status after 25 years is only one bill away. Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) is a legal term in the United States for free trade with a foreign country. At the initiative of President Donald Trump, numerous Republican and Democratic MPs and senators want to create the legal basis […]
A failed bill to curb US investments in China will be reintroduced to Congress. This was confirmed by the Chairman of the China Committee in the House of Representatives, John Moolenaar. The Republican described the legal restriction of foreign investment in the People’s Republic as a top priority.“We were very close to getting outbound investment […]
One piece of news has been somewhat neglected in the headlines surrounding the tariffs that the Americans and Chinese have thrown at each other in recent days. Namely, China has launched an investigation into the US tech company Google – for possible antitrust violations.Google? Are they even still in China? A legitimate question, as the […]
The life of a Uyghur is still far from normal. China may try to convince the world that the restrictions of its “Strike Hard Campaign” against the ethnic minority in Xinjiang have vanished into thin air. However, a recent investigation by Human Rights Watch once again backs the assumption that the oppression of the population […]
China will maintain anti-dumping duties on imports of potato starch from the EU for a further five years. This was announced by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. The duties have been in place since 2007 and were already adjusted once in 2011. The latest extension comes into force on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.The duties […]
The current week has seen major setbacks for Chinese online providers of low-cost products. In both Europe and the USA, the business models of Shein, Temu, and AliExpress suffered a shot across the bow. The EU Commission decided to introduce a handling fee on parcels from suppliers entering the European Union, while the USA stopped […]
China’s New Year’s TV gala last week featured an entertaining bit featuring humanoid robots. This is no coincidence: The Chinese government sees them as an important growth market. The forecast: Outwardly human-like machines will increasingly replace housekeeping, care staff and factory workers. Conservative estimates predict a 38 billion US dollar market in as little as […]
For the new Trump administration, bilateral and transnational cooperation will always be defined with China in mind. Trump will not only continue the pivot to Asia, but will also increasingly ask: What do you think about China? This conflict between the superpowers will shape many of his decisions.China is increasingly forming a military and hybrid […]
A former senior advisor to the Federal Reserve, John Harold Rogers, was arrested on charges he conspired to steal Fed trade secrets for the benefit of the People’s Republic of China, the Justice Department announced Friday. Rogers, who worked as a senior advisor in the Fed’s division of international finance from 2010 until 2021, allegedly […]
Peru’s welcoming culture for Chinese infrastructure projects is beginning to pay off. The South American country expects its agricultural exports to grow by two billion US dollars annually. One of several cornerstones for this growth is increasing beef and pork exports to the People’s Republic of China. It is based on the expansion of a […]