Bloomberg: RWR Senior Analyst, Claire Chu, Comments on Proposed Digital Trade Agreement
Posted Monday, July 26, 2021 at 1:26pm
On July 15, Bloomberg addressed the ambitions and potential challenges of U.S. policy makers pursuing a digital trade agreement as a means to protecting against the risks and threats present in the involvement of Chinese companies in the technology sectors of countries across East Asia. RWR's Senior Analyst, Claire Chu, commented in the piece, any government that welcomes Chinese companies faces such concerns, as “data transfer is ...
“Big Read” in Financial Times on Smart Cities Draws from RWR Data and Analysis
Posted Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 12:55pm
On June 8, 2021, the Financial Times published a "Big Read" article, entitled "Exporting Chinese Surveillance: The Security Risks of ‘Smart Cities,'" by James Kynge, Valerie Hopkins, Helen Warrell, and Kathrin Hille. The piece draws on RWR data and commentary from RWR Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Davenport, to help provide data and context for Chinese 'smart city' projects that have been contracted globally -- including the related ...
Financial Times: RWR CEO Roger Robinson Comments on Executive Order Targeting Investments in Chinese Companies
Posted Friday, June 4, 2021 at 8:23pm
On June 4, 2021, the Financial Times published an article on amendments made by the Biden Administration to Executive Order 13959 that placed investment prohibitions for Americans on certain Chinese companies determined to be involved in the Chinese defense sector or surveillance technology. RWR's CEO, Roger Robinson, observed, "At first glance, it’s quite an extraordinary list of Chinese corporate names. The momentum begun by the previous ...