Trade and Investment
Overview
The U.S.-China trade and investment relationship is the largest and most consequential bilateral trading relationship in the world. For U.S. businesses, China is the second-largest foreign market as well as the fastest growing market for U.S. sales since its 2001 entry into the World Trade Organization. Over the past 40 years, the trade and investment component of the U.S.-China relationship has largely stood out as the most visible and fastest growing area of cooperation between the two nations, often acting as a ballast when collaboration in other parts of the relationship have faltered. Despite a sharp deterioration in the overall tenor surrounding the trade and investment relationship in recent years, mainly at the national level, and notwithstanding the intractability of some issues on the current agenda, corporations, investors and other businesses from both countries have continued to seek out and pursue new opportunities and modes of cooperation in trade and investment.
The Bush China Foundation is a national-level resource for businesses and communities who want to realize opportunities in the United States and China through increased business, trade and investment. The Foundation regularly engages with state and local officials, businesses, investors and economic development organizations to provide a deeper understanding of the U.S. and Chinese polity, economy and market and to connect businesses and investors in both the United States and China in order to maximize the economic potential of the bilateral relationship.
Experts
Activities
Voracious consumers bolster Sino-US trade
July 2020: Webinar on “Hong Kong National Security Law – A Legal and Economic Discussion”
January 2020: Chinese Business Delegation Visit to Rural Texas
Kerrville, Fredericksburg and Harper, Texas | United States
November 2019: Arkansas Business Workshop
Little Rock, Arkansas | United States
October 2019: Bush China Conference
Houston, Texas | United States
October 2019: U.S.-China Policy Hackathon
Houston, Texas | United States
October 2019: Millennial Masterminds of the U.S.-China Relationship Conference
Houston, Texas | United States
October 2011: Bush China Conference
College Station, Texas | United States
October 2009: Bush China Conference
Beijing | China
October 2007: Bush China Conference
Washington, DC | United States
News
SupChina Podcast: The past, present, and future of green finance in China
Bush China Foundation Brief: Outlook for U.S.-China Cooperation
Bush China Foundation launches the Fellows Network
David Firestein Speaks at Michigan State University on Examining Challenges in U.S.-China Relations
David Firestein speaks on Stratfor’s Pen and Sword Podcast
美国知名中国问题专家方大为：华盛顿政客在 攀比“对华强硬”
环球时报, 20 May 2020
Trump races to rule the bottom with fool’s fantasies
Global Times, 19 May 2020
US-China decoupling unfeasible: US expert
Global Times, 4 May 2020
To Help Save the US Economy – and Lives – End the China Tariffs Now
The Diplomat, 9 April 2020
U.S.–China Phase One Trade Deal: What to Make of It?
International Focus Magazine, 9 January 2020
David Firestein speaks at San Antonio business forum
Robbin Goodman speaks to Arkansas business community
Robbin Goodman speaks to Chinese business executives in Arkansas