Apple’s iPhone is assembled in China: China retains just 3.8% of the added value, while 28.5% goes back to the US. . China’s leaders pressed foreign businesses to transfer technology and expertise, especially in aeronautics, electronics, cars, high-speed trains and nuclear energy. ..…
The sanctions on Iran are closer to the end of the arc than in the US-China equation, but even there it isn’t at that point yet. ..…
Attacking the fairness of America’s economy by using poverty data that doesn’t actually measure poverty. . A column that blames capitalism for the shortcomings of China’s government-run health system. . . . ..…
But Pence’s speech was full of historical inaccuracies about the US-China relationship, unwarranted braggadocio about America’s critical role in China’s rise, and dangerous rhetoric about Chinese “aggressiveness.” ... As a result, if “America First”..…
The UN is a three-tiered organization with the 15-member Security Council able to set policy for the entire organization with the five permanent members of this Council—the United States, China, Russian Federation, France, and the United Kingdom—having a veto on all procedural..…
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