James Zimmerman

China is clearly being impulsive here, they're lashing out and they're not interested in building any political capital with The Canadians, this plays very well to those nationalists in China who argue that arresting the Huawei Technologies executive was pushing China too far.

James Zimmerman

The Chinese are in a state of quiet glee knowing that Trump's trade team backed off on sanctions without getting any real and meaningful concessions out of Beijing.

James Zimmerman

Treating foreign NGOs as primarily a security threat undermines not just the ability of those organizations to benefit China, but also the ability of companies to do business here.

James Zimmerman

If you really do have policies that are going to favour the (domestic) champions at the risk of shutting people out of the market, that's discrimination.

James Zimmerman

At a minimum, the regulations would create additional challenges for both foreign and domestic companies.

James Zimmerman

One unfortunate consequence of over-broad anti-terrorism policies is to potentially isolate China technologically from the rest of the world, and the end result of that may be to limit the country's access to cutting-edge technology and innovation.

James Zimmerman