William R. Hawkins
William R. Hawkins is Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the U.S. Business and Industry Council.
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Articles by William R. Hawkins
Competing Interests Divide U.S. China Policy
The National Security Strategy of the United States (NSS) released in March states, "The United States will welcome the emergence of a China that is peaceful and prosperous and that...
WTO Talks Move in China’s Direction
As it became evident that the World Trade Organization ministerial conference, which occurred in Hong Kong on December 13-18, was on the brink of failure, U.S. officials called on China...
Chinese Textiles Herald Future Tensions with U.S.
The European Union has settled its dispute with China over 2005 textile imports, but the United States is still negotiating its use of safeguard measures. The EU and China agreed...
THE GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGE OF CHINESE TEXTILE EXPORTS
On January 1, the Multifiber Agreement (MFA), which had established a worldwide quota system for textiles and apparel products since 1974, expired. With no quotas in place, China is poised...
CHINESE REALPOLITIK AND THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE
Nothing better demonstrates La Rochefoucauld's maxim that "hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue" than the Joint Declaration on Non-proliferation and Arms Control issued at the China-European Union...
Debate Rages Over How To Respond To China’s Economic Challenge
Criticism of China's currency manipulation has become the focus of public dismay over the growing trade deficit and loss of three million manufacturing jobs since 2001. The issue has grown...
CHINA AND THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF ECONOMIC POWER
by William R. Hawkins In March of 1917 the British Empire captured Baghdad from the Ottoman Empire. That military campaign was part of the larger conflict of World War I,...
REINTEGRATING GLOBAL INDUSTRY IN CHINA
The end of the Cold War seemingly liberated business from geopolitical constraints. The "global factory" disintegrated industrial complexes from their former national homes and scattered facilities across the planet in...
THE CHINA OPENING: MOVING AT CROSS PURPOSES
by William R. Hawkins The February meeting between President George W. Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing was cordial, but uneventful. Beijing was clearly not prepared to give...
CHINA’S QUEST FOR SEAPOWER STILL HAS FAR TO GO
by William R. Hawkins China is making a concerted effort to establish itself as a Pacific naval and maritime power. In February 1992, the National People's Congress passed a law...
THE WTO AND CHINA’S ACCESSION TO ASIAN DOMINANCE
During the June Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Shanghai, the United States made further concessions to Chinese demands in order to move Beijing closer to World Trade Organization (WTO)...