It’s None of Our Business Whether China Wants to Buy Shares of Facebook
Last week, the story “leaked out” that a China sovereign wealth fund had expressed interest in purchasing a significant stake in Facebook. Lots of chatter then ensued about whether it was true, what it...
View ArticleNo Name U.S. Presidential Candidate Goes With China Bashing to Get Attention
Image via CNN Nothing else seems to be working for former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, so he thought some anti-China rhetoric might get him some press coverage. I guess it worked, at least as far...
View ArticleHappy Protectionist Labor Day
Monday is the Labor Day holiday in the United States. Why is this relevant for a China blog? Because no discussion of American labor, apparently, is complete without bemoaning the fate of U.S....
View ArticleHow to Argue With a Protectionist
Image via AEI Daniel Mitchell, writing at Forbes, poses eight questions to protectionists. This is great stuff by and large, although I can’t sign off on all eight of these questions. Mitchell’s...
View ArticleThe U.S. Senate China Currency Bill: Tired Political Theater
I’ve been putting off a post on the topic of the current U.S. Senate bill that would punish China for the value of the RMB. I’ve been writing about this topic for at least eight years, so I’m reluctant...
View ArticleWal-Mart Green Pork Scandal: A Lingering Odor of Victimization
This will make it three posts on Wal-Mart’s recent problems in Chongqing regarding the decision by the local government there to temporarily shut down 13 stores because of a food labeling problem. Now...
View ArticleA Brief Note on the WTO Raw Materials Case
If you’ve been wondering why I haven’t mentioned anything about this WTO dispute, which involved China versus several other nations, including the U.S., I frankly haven’t found much here that I can say...
View ArticleU.S.-China Trade: An Adult Conversation
Chrystia Freeland of Reuters has a highly recommended article on U.S.-China trade and worker dislocation. While this might appear to be your standard American screed against Chinese competition, it...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t the Chinese Investing in the U.S.?
With the U.S. economy doing slightly better yet still sucking wind, and on the occasion of heir apparent Xi Jinping’s visit to America, China overseas investment is again a topic of conversation. U.S....
View ArticleClyde Prestowitz Advises U.S. to Play Tit for Tat With China
Writing in the Harvard Business Review, Clyde Prestowitz says that the U.S.’s China policy should be built around reciprocity. This is certainly not a new argument, and I happen to agree with it in...
View ArticleChina to Push Foreigners Out of Surveillance Market?
Great foreign investment and trade story here in the New York Times: [I]n an article published last month by the state-run China Daily, a Ministry of Public Security official said that domestic...
View ArticleThe Latest U.S.-China Trade Dispute: Solar Panels
The Obama administration will impose hefty tariffs on Chinese solar imports after determining Thursday that the country is flooding the market with underpriced panels. The Commerce Department, in a...
View ArticleChina and the WTO: American Buyer’s Remorse
China’s trade policies are up for review by the World Trade Organization. This is a normal procedure undergone by the Member States, and not some sort of special investigation that we can get excited...
View ArticleApple’s China Success: TIME Asks the Wrong Question
This week’s Time magazine cover story is entitled “The Cult of Apple in China” and includes, from what I can tell, a decent rundown of the reasons behind Apple’s strong performance in the Middle...
View ArticleProtectionism Projection and Writing About Trade Disputes
When we talk about international trade and investment, “protectionism” usually refers to decisions by a government that shelter a domestic enterprise or industry from foreign competition. Every country...
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