https://www.scmp.com/rss/329642/feed Adam is a reporter for POLITICO. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated a breakdown in the backchannel conversations that have so often underpinned – and sometimes rescued – relations between Beijing and Washington. Chinese foreign ministry officials are pursuing their “Wolf Warrior” brand of diplomacy, hurling insults over Twitter, a platform banned in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3085245/china-us-diplomatic-backchannels-dry-making-it-harder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3085245/china-us-diplomatic-backchannels-dry-making-it-harder?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 May 2020 04:00:23 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. As China and the United States prepare to sign a phase one trade deal on Wednesday, doubts remain about whether all the details of the agreement will be released publicly, and whether Beijing can meet the lofty purchasing demands. High-ranking Trump administration officials have insisted that details of the agreement will be... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3046047/trade-war-china-us-may-not-release-full-details-phase-one?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3046047/trade-war-china-us-may-not-release-full-details-phase-one?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:59:46 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. The world will not end on December 10, yet for many who have spent their careers within the global trading oversight system, the date has apocalyptic consequences. That is when the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) highest dispute-resolution body will cease to function after the administration of US President Donald Trump... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3038697/donald-trumps-block-wto-judges-creates-doomsday-scenario?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3038697/donald-trumps-block-wto-judges-creates-doomsday-scenario?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:00:13 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. China went back to the drawing board to create a new plan to grow its industries. But to many hardliners in the United States, it seems to be a copy-and-paste job of the old plan. Last Friday, Beijing announced a policy to upgrade and integrate China’s manufacturing sector with a “modern” service sector to respond to rapidly... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3038590/chinas-new-industrial-policy-dismissed-made-china-2025-rehash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3038590/chinas-new-industrial-policy-dismissed-made-china-2025-rehash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:00:18 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. When Nikki Haley, then-governor of South Carolina, went to an opening ceremony for Kent International in 2014, the bicycle company had grand plans for expansion at its assembly plant to enable it to make its products in the United States. This was two years before US President Donald Trump promised that his steep tariffs on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3023701/donald-trumps-trade-war-tariffs-china-failing-bring-jobs-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3023701/donald-trumps-trade-war-tariffs-china-failing-bring-jobs-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:00:14 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. Jack Sun’s company does not sell directly to the United States but if US President Donald Trump decides to slap tariffs on the global car industry, suppliers such as Sun’s machinery firm would be right in the line of fire. Qingdao Ray Machinery and Technology, a 30-person operation based in northeast China, exports moulds and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3006432/chinese-and-us-companies-fear-donald-trumps-trade-war-car?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3006432/chinese-and-us-companies-fear-donald-trumps-trade-war-car?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:15:11 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are having the desired effect of driving production out of China – but not to the United States. Less than a month after the Trump administration hit US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports with a 10 per cent tariff, leading Hong Kong based furniture maker Man Wah Holdings –... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2175432/twist-trumps-trade-war-manufacturers-are-fleeing-china-just?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2175432/twist-trumps-trade-war-manufacturers-are-fleeing-china-just?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:00:30 +0000