Book/Printed Material Bridging the Gap Assessing U.S. Business Community Support for U.S.-China Competition Assessing U.S. Business Community Support for U.S.-China Competition

Title

• Bridging the Gap Assessing U.S. Business Community Support for U.S.-China Competition

Other Title

• Assessing U.S. Business Community Support for U.S.-China Competition

Summary

• The administration of President Donald Trump pursued an enhanced-and, in some ways, novel-set of policies designed to confront China over its transgressive and anticompetitive economic behaviors, such as theft of technology and intellectual property and limitations on market access for U.S. businesses. How did the U.S. business community view these policies, and did it broadly support increased U.S. efforts to counter problematic Chinese economic behavior? If not, how could the U.S. government implement policy to better achieve policy goals while also addressing corporate concerns? In this report, the authors address these questions, which are central to determining whether the U.S. government has crafted an overall economic strategy or approach toward China that is sustainable and feasible. How the business community thinks the United States should deal with China is an overlooked and underappreciated topic, and the United States might find it difficult to compete against China without support from the business community. The authors assess how the U.S. business community-focusing on the manufacturing, technology, and financial sectors-viewed the Trump administration's China policies through several different lenses: from the perspective of individuals, from the perspective of different firms over time, and from the perspective of specific industry sectors and subsectors. The analysis focuses on Trump administration actions toward China from 2017 through fall 2020.

Names

• Lin, Bonny, author
• Shatz, Howard J., author
• Chandler, Nathan, 1982- author
• Garafola, Cristina L., author
• Han, Eugeniu, author
• Law, Andy, author
• Mallory, King, author
• Winkelman, Zev, author
• International Security and Defense Policy Center
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2022]

Contents

• CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- Causes and Consequences of the Trade War -- Views from the U.S. Business Community -- Road Map -- CHAPTER TWO: Research Methodology and Approach -- Definition of the U.S. Business Community -- Methodology for Assessing U.S. Business Sector Views -- CHAPTER THREE: The U.S. Approach Toward China During the Trump Administration -- China as a Long-Term Strategic Competitor -- U.S. Policy to Counter PRC Economic "Aggression" -- PRC Government Responses to the U.S. Approach to Competition -- Summary -- CHAPTER FOUR: Individual-Level Analysis: Survey of U.S. Public Views of China -- Method -- Findings -- Summary -- CHAPTER FIVE: Firm- and Sector-Level Analysis: Survey of Corporate Earnings Calls -- Method -- Findings -- Summary -- CHAPTER SIX: Views from the Manufacturing Sector -- Background: Operations and Involvement in China -- Views of Competition from China and China-Related Operations -- Major U.S. Policy Actions or PRC Responses That Affected the Sector -- Responses to Increased U.S.-China Competition -- Overall Effect of Increased U.S.-China Competition on the Sector -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Views from the Technology Sector -- Background: Operations and Involvement in China -- Views of Competition with China and China-Related Operations -- Major U.S. Policy Actions or PRC Responses That Affected the Sector -- Responses to Increased U.S.-China Competition -- Overall Effect of Increased U.S.-China Competition on the Sector -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Views from the Financial Sector -- Background: Operations and Involvement in China -- Views of Competition from China and China-Related Operations -- Major U.S. Policy Actions or PRC Responses That Affected the Sector -- Responses to Increased U.S.-China Competition -- Overall Effect of Increased U.S.-China Competition on the Sector -- CHAPTER NINE: Conclusions and Implications for the U.S. Government -- Business Community Support for U.S. Policies Toward China -- Recommendations for the U.S. Government -- APPENDIX A. RAND American Life Panel China Survey Results -- APPENDIX B. Categorization of S&P 500 Companies by Sector -- APPENDIX C. Categorization of Select Russell 2000 Companies by Sector -- APPENDIX D. Detailed Earnings Calls Results -- APPENDIX E. Validation of Categorization of Earnings Statements

Headings

• -  Business enterprises--Political aspects--United States
• -  Great powers--Foreign relations
• -  United States--Foreign economic relations--China
• -  Business enterprises--Political aspects
• -  International economic relations
• -  China
• -  United States

Notes

• -  "RAND NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIVISION"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-165)
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xiv, 167 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• HD2785

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739267

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739267

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• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739267

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