Progress on difficult terrain: The EU-China investment agreement
Since joining the WTO in 2001, China has repeatedly shown that it primarily follows its own path, not necessarily matching the expectations of Western economic partners. Against this background, preliminary assessments of the CAI in Europe oscillate between decisive progress and minor improvement.
Navigating China's New Export Control Law
On December 1, 2020, China’s first Export Control Law took effect. The timing of the new law suggests that it is a response to recent high-profile export restrictions targeting Chinese buyers by the Trump administration (examples here, here and here).
Managed Trade: The Case of Beef in U.S.-China Trade
Last month, the United States and China signed an “Economic and Trade Agreement.” One noteworthy feature of the Agreement is that it has a chapter on “Expanding Trade.”