Why Congress Needs an Annual Review of U.S. Sanctions Policy
At a recent House Human Rights Commission hearing, the need for more oversight on sanctions to make sure they’re working. And how they could work better.
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These are China’s Two Lifelines to Russia So Far
Here’s all we know about how China is really helping Russia. And what will have to happen for Washington to impose sanctions.
CPA Fact Sheet: Forced Labor in China
CPA FACT SHEET: Forced Labor in China An analysis of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act The problem. Since 2017, more than a million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China have been forced into a vast network of “re-education camps” in the far west region of Xinjiang. The U.S. State Department has assessed this as “genocide.”…
Sanctions Impact Due More to U.S. Economic Strength Than Dollar’s Reserve Currency Role
Summary Sanctions on Russia are devastating to the Russian economy Power of the sanctions is due to concerted international action, not to the US role as world’s “reserve currency” U.S. economic power owes more to the size of U.S. economy than to dollar’s reserve status Dollar overvaluation continues to be a huge problem for U.S.…
Russia Invasion Requires Immediate Sanctions and Massive American Reindustrialization
China-Russia axis poses serious threat to U.S. national and economic security.
Hong Kong’s Warning From Washington Should Mean No More WTO Special Treatment
The Biden Administration warned American businesses of sanctions risk and other problems in doing business with Hong Kong, now officially part of China. Washington now needs to get Hong Kong out of the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement, which essentially grants China backdoor entrance to Buy America provisions.
State Department Warns Companies Doing Business in Xinjiang, China is a ‘Reputational Risk’
Financial backers of China companies involved in unreasonable surveillance, and Uyghur genocide, put on notice in State Department’s newest Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory.
Commerce Expands China Blacklist; Includes Companies BlackRock Invests In
Jake Sullivan was right. More restrictions against Chinese companies were coming. On July 9, Gina Raimondo’s Commerce Department barred American businesses from working with 22 Chinese tech and military-connected firms. Next up: banning Wall Street from investing in these companies in China.
