Tag: social-credit system

November 7, 2019
China and the European Union (EU) have been discussing a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) for a long time.  Indeed, the two sides held their 21st round of China-EU BIT negotiations in June 2019.  This round seemed odd given that just 1 year before Chinese media and connected interviewees were touting...
September 2, 2019
China’s plan to apply its social-credit system to foreign companies is raising concerns about possible abuses. China’s State Council announces it will establish pilot free trade zones (FTZs) in Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangxi Zhuang, Yunnan, Hebei, and Heilongjiang. United States (US) companies likely to stay in China despite trade war, a…