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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...

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No 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...

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Happy 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....

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How 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...

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The 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...

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Wal-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...

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A 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...

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U.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...

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Why 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....

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Clyde 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...

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China 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...

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The 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...

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China 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...

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Apple’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...

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Protectionism 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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