Thea Lee on Tracing Supply Chains and Protecting Workers
The longtime labor advocate and current Biden administration official talks about the U.S.'s lopsided trade relationship with China; enforcing the Uyghur Force Labor Protection Act;...
The House’s New China Agenda
The GOP takes over the House soon, bringing heightened rhetoric and hawkish proposals.
Mixed Messages
Among Western countries, Germany has long had a unique relationship with China, both economically and politically. But with cracks emerging in the historically powerful pro-engagement...
Fishy Business
A look at the fight against illicit seafood: China’s role in it, the companies involved, and why the U.S. is cracking down on the practice...
Keith Krach on Weaponizing Trust
The business veteran and former State Department official talks about pushing back against Huawei; 'tech statecraft'; and fighting back when the market is no longer...
Climate Consensus
Increasingly, Democrats and Republicans believe that climate change and China pose a single interconnected challenge. As a result — and for the first time ever...
Refocusing U.S.-China Climate Relations
Zero-sum competition between the U.S. and China holds disastrous consequences for the climate. A new model is needed.
The New Superweapon
Earlier this month, when the Biden administration imposed the most sweeping export restrictions yet on semiconductors, it represented the culmination of a U.S. tech policy...
China’s Changing Energy Trade
A look at how U.S.-China trade in energy commodities has changed this year, and what it means for the future of trade between the two...
Is The Sino-Russia Relationship Cracking?
A careful examination of recent events should discourage any wishful thinking that Beijing is distancing itself from Moscow.
Susan Thornton on Escaping the Zero-Sum Mindset in U.S.-China Relations
The lifelong diplomat talks about how domestic politics has impacted the U.S.-China relationship, why not everything should be done in a bilateral context, and why...
Date Deception
Thanks to the recent enactment of the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has had its hands full with imports from...