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U.S.-China Economic AND Security Review Commission

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China’s 2014 Government Work Report: Taking Stock of Reforms
This paper provides an overview and assess key points of China’s 2014 Government Work Report’s plans for financial system liberalization, fiscal reform, administrative reform, environmental regulation, urbanization and rural land reform, and healthcare reform.
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China’s Hunger for U.S. Planes and Cars: Assessing the Risks
The U.S. trade deficit with China continues to grow but at a slower rate. A key reason for this is the boom in U.S. automotive and aerospace shipments to China. As China becomes more affluent and urbanized, ordinary Chinese are driving more cars and traveling more by frequently by air. China’s future demand, however, could be affected by pollution, traffic bottlenecks, and other factors. U.S. companies must also contend with China’s industrial policy, which tilts the playing field toward domestic industry. In the long run, technology transfer and off-shoring could erode U.S. competitiveness and take business away from U.S. plants.
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China’s Foreign Exchange Reserves and Holdings of U.S. Securities
This paper looks at China's foreign exchange reserves and holdings of U.S. Treasuries, and examines China’s efforts to diversify its investments
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Should China Join the WTO’s Services Agreement?
USCC economic issue brief prepared by staff on China's petition last October to join the Trade in Services Agreement, a side agreement in the WTO that entered its sixth round of talks in late February.
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Third Plenum Economic Reform Proposals: A Scorecard
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China Investment Corporation: Recent Developments in Performance, Strategy, and Governance
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China's New Income Inequality Reform Plan and Implications for Rebalancing
Today the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a Staff Research Backgrounder on "China's New Income Inequality Reform Plan and Implications for Rebalancing." The backgrounder examines China's already large and steadily growing gap in income and the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to address it. The report was written by Nargiza Salidjanova, USCC Economic and Trade Policy Analyst.
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The Reliability of China's Economic Data: An Analysis of National Output
Today the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a staff report entitled “The Reliability of China’s Economic Data: An Analysis of National Output” that examines the quality of China’s national output statistics. The report was written by Iacob N. Koch-Weser, an Economic and Trade Policy Analyst for the USCC.
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China-Iran: A Limited Partnership
Prepared for the USCC by Marybeth Davis, James Lecky, Torrey Froscher, David Chen, Abel Kerevel, Stephen Schlaikjer, CENTRA Technology, Inc.,
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Patterns in U.S.-China Trade Since China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
Written by USCC Research Fellow (2011): Joseph Casey