On July 23, 2020, China published the latest edition of its “Negative List,” the list of businesses and industry sectors where restrictions on foreign ownership are still in place in Read More

As big ticket items, purchases of passenger cars, trucks and buses are dependent on a high level of consumer confidence and the strength of the country’s overall economy. On both Read More

In this podcast, Jack describes why companies need to stay engaged with China, despite the fact that the relationship between China and the United States, as well as China and Read More

Following China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) as a “developing country” in 2001, the United States and the rest of the world looked the other way as China’s Read More

The coronavirus increases the probability that Phase Two of the Trade Agreement will be completed. Quite simply, removing tariffs will provide substantial stimulus to the Chinese and the U.S. economies, Read More

In January of every year, Jack makes five predictions for the New Year, and at the same time, reviews how he did on his five predictions for the year just Read More

The trade war between China and the United States that erupted in March, 2018 impacted all things China in 2019. China’s stock market, currency, and economy were affected, and the Read More

On Wednesday, the United States and China signed a phase one trade deal that dramatically reduces tensions between the two countries. When the announcement of a limited phase one agreement Read More

The June 29 truce in the trade war between the United States and China lasted just over one month. Thirty-three days after the presidents of the two countries met in Read More

The United States is in a major trade war with China that imposes 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion of goods imported from the country and has just averted a Read More

In this podcast, Jack and Doug Perkowski discuss the negative turn that the Trade War has taken recently, and why trade talks between China and the United States are now Read More

China’s vehicle sales declined for the 10th month in a row in March and fell by double digits during the first three months of the year. Despite this gloomy performance, Read More

In the five predictions we made for 2019 at the beginning of the year, our first and most important was that the trade war between the United States and China Read More

For the first time in memory, China’s unit vehicle sales declined in 2018, registering a 2.8 percent year over year decline. Although sales were cumulatively positive through September, they began Read More

In this podcast, Jack and Doug Perkowski discuss why Jack believes that trade talks between China and the United States are now moving the two countries to a successful resolution Read More

In this podcast, Jack and Doug Perkowski discuss how China’s lower cost perspective, in combination with the way in which the country has developed economically over the past 40 years, Read More

2018 Predictions: How Did We Do? by Jack Perkowski In each of the past ten years, I have made five China predictions for the year ahead on my blog, Managing Read More