Is China’s Door Closing?

This year marks the 40th anniversary since Deng Xiaoping’s “Open Door Policy” kick-started China’s opening up to the world. President Xi Jinping has promised that the country’s doors will continue to open “wider and wider” to foreign trade and investment. But against the backdrop of rising trade tensions on the global stage, and grand industrial […]

China’s Upcoming Tariff Changes: Good News & Bad News

The past two months have brought good and bad news in terms of tariffs levied on goods imported into China. Many of these changes will become effective in the first week of July.   Bad news for imports from the US   On June 15, in response to the Trump administration’s approved tariffs on $50b […]