Tag: China

August 1, 2022

The three men are: the former Minister of Industry and Information Technology – Xiao Yaqing – the head of the National Integrated Circuit Fund (often called the ‘Big Fund’) Ding Wenwu – and the former chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup – […]

July 13, 2022

It’s time for an update on the trade of solar panels being imported into the United States. A lot has happened in the past few months, and Tuesday we got some more news related to this subject. But first, we […]

July 6, 2022

It’s time to take action, folks. We’ve written several pieces now about how the Biden administration is considering revoking tariffs on imports from China. This is a bad idea. Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul wrote the U.S. Trade […]

June 23, 2022

The alleged Tesla spying issue led to a massive road ban in China. Authorities announced this decision because the surveillance problem might affect their residents’ privacy. As of writing, Tesla’s popular electric vehicle units are restricted on some roads in […]

June 16, 2022

The Biden administration, faced with an inflation rate that hasn’t been this high in years, is considering cutting the Section 301 import tariffs on goods from China. That might ease inflation, some White House advisers say. They’re in a tight […]

June 10, 2022

Tesla Inc. has canceled three of its recruitment live-stream events for China scheduled for June, days after Chief Executive Elon Musk warned that the company was about to cut jobs. The electric-auto maker had advertised online events for June 16, […]

June 10, 2022

Witnesses testified to the threat of China’s supply chain dominance before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Thursday, highlighting the need to bolster domestic manufacturing. The commission’s investigation comes as the global supply chain has been buffeted by the […]

June 8, 2022

Earlier this week Axios reported on a letter sent to the United States Trade Representative by a bunch of labor union leaders, with a simple message: The Biden administration shouldn’t cut tariffs on China. This is a story that’s bubbling […]

May 31, 2022

PTAA – poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2, 4, 6-trimethylphenyl)amine] – is a successful hole-transporting material for perovskite solar cells, but can only be applied using spin-coating, which is not suitable for wide areas, according to the research team. Blade-coating is compatible with large surfaces, […]

May 27, 2022

In a long-awaited speech, Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined the Biden administration’s approach to China Thursday, stressing that the United States is not seeking to ignite conflict, but instead executing a strategy he summarized as “invest, align, compete.” Though […]

May 24, 2022

The Wall Street Journal ran an editorial this weekend dumping on everyone involved in the fight over the Commerce Department investigation of solar panel imports from four countries in Southeast Asia. The investigation is exploring an allegation that these imports […]

May 18, 2022

China appears to be gradually easing its lockdown of Shanghai, but that won’t bring immediate relief to global supply chain congestion, according to a major shipping company. Shortages of rail, port and trucking workers in China and the U.S. need […]

May 17, 2022

Last week we took a closer look at the freakout over a Commerce Department circumvention investigation into solar panel imports allegedly avoiding anti-dumping duties on goods made in China. We learned the leading voice in this freakout, the trade association […]

May 12, 2022

Earlier this week we covered Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s appearance in front of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, where she fielded questions about Commerce’s anti-circumvention investigation into solar panel imports from southeast Asia. Lawmakers told her to hurry up with the […]

March 24, 2022

After President Biden was sworn into office in January 2021, one of the things many in the political punditry predicted was that he would quickly remove tariffs that had been placed on around $350 billion worth of goods imported from […]

March 23, 2022

A U.S. judge ruled that ZTE Corp.’s ZTCOY 21.97% probation for violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran could end, freeing the Chinese technology company from some oversight following years of government supervision. The decision by the federal judge in Texas […]

March 14, 2022

A surge in Covid-19 cases led Chinese manufacturing hubs Shenzhen and Changchun to lock down in recent days, halting production at many electronics and auto factories in the latest threat to the world’s battered supply chain. A number of manufacturers […]

March 10, 2022

The organisation’s green innovation strategy – or GOAL system – is driven by the Environmental Sustainability TRACC, a best practice implementation road map developed by global continuous improvement leaders, Competitive Capabilities International (CCi). Shifting consumer expectations, coupled with a strong […]

March 8, 2022

President Biden is enlisting top executives and governors of two auto-industry states to push Congress to resolve differences and pass legislation aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness with China. The legislation includes $52 billion to boost domestic silicon-chip manufacturing, a provision […]

February 23, 2022

In the midst of an uncertain future for America’s increasingly unstable relationship with Russia and China, some of the world’s largest exporters of rare-earth minerals, President Biden on Tuesday announced a multi-million dollar investment in a California-based rare earth facility, […]