China is Giving Ancient Silk Road Trade Routes a Digital Makeover

In 2015, China launched its Digital Silk Road (DSR) initiative. The DSR is the digital backbone for China’s modern reconstruction of the ancient silk trade routes. Against the backdrop of heightened U.S.-China tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic, the DSR is how China is creating new trade ecosystems and deepening its trade relations across the developing world.

Quick Take: What Else You Should Know about the Phase One Trade Deal with China

A lot has been written summarizing the phase one deal with China, but there are a few aspects of the agreement that are worth highlighting along with some of the implications now that this agreement has been signed. Here’s our take on what else you should know.

U.S.-China Deal Could Upend the Way Nations Settle Disputes

Basilinna CEO Deborah Lehr's views on the enforcement mechanisms of the US China Phase I trade deal.

Quick Take: A Phase One Trade Deal - At Long Last

China and the United States announce a phase one trade deal (at long last), but details will not be available for a few weeks. Based on meetings with the Administration and the Chinese, press reports, and public statements, here is what we have learned.

Al-Ahram Weekly: Egypt's Road to Renewable Energy

Egypt’s climate, population demographics and growing economy align with China’s own goals for pushing ahead on green energy, and for using this issue as a platform for deeper international partnerships. Whether cooperating on NEVs or tapping Egypt’s vast potential for renewable power, there are no signs that this relationship will be fading any time soon.

Bloomberg Daybreak: Extent of China Text Changes a Reason for Concern on Trade Deal

Deborah Lehr, CEO of Basilinna and Vice Chairman and Executive Director at the Paulson Institute, discusses the state of U.S.-China trade talks with Bloomberg's David Westin.

China's Vice Premier heads to U.S. for trade talks

Deborah Lehr, CEO of Basilinna, discusses trade relations between the United States and China as the nations prepare to resume trade talks. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."

Quick Take: U.S.-China Trade Talks, Where are we this week?

Vice Premier Liu He arrives next week for second round of trade talks, likely late next week Focus will be on reducing the trade deficit through increasing purchases, market access for key products, tech transfer, and intellectual property rights Finding some kind of resolution on ZTE will be a Chinese priority

Basilinna's CEO Lehr says China Is well prepared for any Trump trade action

Basilinna's CEO, Deborah Lehr, is interviewed on Bloomberg Markets: The Open.

BBC: Deborah Lehr speaks on China, trade, and tariffs

Deborah Lehr speaks on BBC World on the possibility of tariffs and what that means for U.S.-China trade relations.

Bloomberg: What to watch for in China's National People's Congress

Deborah Lehr, CEO of Basilinna and vice chairman at Paulson Institute, discusses U.S. trade tariffs and the main issues to watch at China's National People's Congress. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."

Surveillance: We Are in a Reactive Phase, Alden Says

Deborah Lehr speaks with Bloomberg Surveillance on China markets and trade.

B&R helps China firms to expand in overseas markets

After years of development, the Belt and Road Initiative is increasingly helping Chinese companies to go global, besides driving regional and global economic growth, said the top executive of Basilinna, a US-based strategic business consulting firm. Deborah Lehr, CEO and founding partner of Basilinna and vice-chairman of The Paulson Institute, a Chicago-based think tank and research institution, said Chinese companies are now ramping up their efforts to expand overseas.

Quick Take: What you need to know about the CFIUS and FIRRMA

Since being introduced by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on November 8th, the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Housing, Banking, and Urban Affairs held four hearings over the past two months on FIRRMA, the bill to expand CFIUS’s jurisdiction. A tone of tempered resolve to expand CFIUS was clear during the hearings.

Quick Take: Trump announces trade action against China (maybe…)

President Trump did not announce the launch of a 301 investigation today; rather, he signed an Executive Order directing the U.S. Trade Representative to examine China’s intellectual property rights (IPR) protection practices to determine if a Special 301 trade investigation should be launched. T

Basilinna's CEO Discusses possible trade action with China

Basilinna's CEO Deborah Lehr discusses Trump's announcement on possible trade action with China on Bloomberg news.

Quick Take: Senator Cornyn details plans to modernize CFIUS

Yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations, I had the honor of interviewing Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on his plans to “modernize” the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). In his opening remarks, Mr. Cornyn admitted CFIUS is working reasonably well, but that there are many gaps being exploited by countries, such as China, in order to leapfrog technology.

The potential dark side of China's art and antiquities boom

For Chen, the visionary CEO of Taikang and founder of China’s second largest auction house, culture is a highly profitable business. As other Chinese companies follow his lead, China will become the primary destination for the world’s culture.

China Clean Technology

China said to expand green fund

China and the U.S. are bulking up the size and scope of a fund created to finance green projects to about $3 billion, according to two people familiar with the decision. The capital boost will increase the fund’s size by 50 percent from $2 billion and broaden its investment mandate to green projects beyond just improving the energy efficiency of buildings, said the people, who asked not be identified because the information isn’t public.

Green Finance symposium explores financial mechanisms to promote low-carbon global economic growth

Washington, DC—The Paulson Institute and the Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking convened a half-day symposium of global finance leaders and experts to discuss recommendations for the development of robust global green finance mechanisms and markets.

In China’s great hall of the people, shoes speak louder than words

The armed police division of China’s army tests a new style of shoe Sinking into the plush chairs in the cavernous Fujian Room of China’s Great Hall of the People, I soak in my surroundings as President Xi Jinping’s interpreter artfully translates Xi’s Chinese aphorisms into poetic English.

China to boost $100 billion green bond market for renewables

China is set to become a hotbed for the $100 billion market in bonds tied to environmentally-friendly investments as authorities and developers seek alternatives to loans for funding a transformation to clean energy supplies.

Cities and the environment anchor the U.S.-China relationship

The U.S.-China relationship remains bogged down by a host of intractable issues, ranging from cyber security and the South China Sea to currency devaluation and China’s economic slowdown.

Why the Bilateral Investment Treaty matters

China's trade negotiators were recently in Washington to continue negotiations towards a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between their country and the United States. Much still remains to be hammered out: China plans to submit its "negative list" – sectors that will not be opened to foreign competition – after Spring Festival, and then tough negotiations will ensue.