President Biden’s long-awaited Executive Order (EO) on outbound investment to China, released Wednesday, August 9, 2023, left much to be desired from CPA’s perspective.
The Biden executive order simply doesn’t go far enough — or in a timely enough manner — to address China’s rapid growth in advanced technologies that pose both civilian and military challenges for the United States.
By Robby Stephany Saunders The Chinese language abounds with timeless proverbs, but “don’t bite the hand that feeds you” is not one of them. Shortly after threatening “forceful measures” if former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year, Beijing warned Capitol Hill of “counter-measures” if it approved a one-billion-dollar arms package for the outgunned…
It’s time for Congress to force the issue — and condition access to America’s financial markets on ending corporate complicity in China’s egregious human rights abuses.
Is Your State Providing Financing and Support for the CCP and Their Companies? What to Ask and How to Stop Financing America’s Leading Adversary Through State Pension Funds and University and College Endowments PROBLEM States are unwittingly investing in the CCP and their bad actor companies through their retirement systems and endowments. These financial…
Will China’s risk profile improve this year? By the looks of things, it will not. Some governments are divesting. For government fiduciaries, is it prudent to invest retirement accounts in China?
Online retailers don’t have to post where their products are made. Country of Origin labeling online would help people find US alternatives to imports.
Investment managers say they have a fiduciary responsibility to be in China. Here’s why they need to seriously rethink this.
Congress, the media, and independent regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have recently focused on the risks posed to U.S. investors from Chinese companies directly listed on U.S. stock exchanges. While CPA welcomes this focus, it does not address the bulk of “bad actor” Chinese companies that are still present in U.S. capital…
What are VIE’s? Here’s a primer on the China Enron-like strategy to rope in American investors, both small and large, to help fund their companies and take on the big financial and regulatory risks of doing so.
