Scott Kennedy

Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business & Economics, Center for Strategic & International Studies

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

My NEW report from @CSIS!

Coming in at a svelte 147 pages, the report argues that China’s advancement across high-tech sectors has directly strengthened the country’s international power and influence, and that other governments need to respond pragmatically to reduce the downside costs and raise the upside opportunities to make the most of these developments.
https://t.co/P9PKswAox9

[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

A coalition of 23 EU industry groups release a letter calling for a more aggressive trade policy to deal with "unfair trade practices and structural overcapacity/oversupply in non-market economies"

4 demands:

1. More trade defence staff
2. Use existing instruments earlier

[Neil Thomas 牛犇 @neilthomas123]

What's the balance of diplomatic power between China and the United States?

We made a database of leader-level travel and found Xi Jinping now goes out less than US presidents

But more world leaders visit Beijing than Washington

New @AsiaPolicy piece w/Yuxuan Wei

1/Short📊🧵

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“Xi’s insistence on self-revolution suggests that, above all, he wants to be remembered for making the party great again.”

Read @neilthomas123 and @shuizaiping2 on the logic behind Xi’s discipline campaign:
https://t.co/SuXU8MhJF5

[CSIS Chinese Business & Economics @CSISCBE]

China’s accession to the WTO over two decades ago was once accompanied by global enthusiasm. Now, global debates over whether China has upheld its commitments and the need for reform persist.

Revisit Scott Kennedy's discussion with Tu Xinquan, a leading Chinese expert on the WTO, here: https://t.co/swD1yaJ7Rr

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

@RushDoshi 4/ Looking ahead, the big Qs: What new tools do we need? How should we reform govt to be more strategic? How can we achieve greater coordination among market economies to defend ourselves? And are any limits to what tariffs and non-tariff barriers we should use?

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

@RushDoshi 3/ The old approach is unfeasible, but it’s worth asking what benefits & drawbacks this shift has brought, both for our economy and economic security. What’s worked, what’s not?

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

@RushDoshi 3/ The old approach is unfeasible, but it’s worth asking what benefits & drawbacks this shift has brought, both for our economy and economic security. What’s worked, what’s not?

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

As a result of the United States’ weakened state and chastened ambitions, Trump was left to seek an accommodation more on Beijing’s terms than on Washington’s, writes @KennedyCSIS. https://t.co/DujUw1bVpX

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

Remember when President Reagan said in 1984 that he had just visited the "so-called Communist China"? His trip shares similarities with President Trump's latest visit, but the contrasts are equally visible.
https://t.co/pXuxLh26mL

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

Remember when President Reagan said in 1984 that he had just visited the "so-called Communist China"? His trip shares similarities with President Trump's latest visit, but the contrasts are equally visible.
https://t.co/pXuxLh26mL

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

@ElvinYong7 It is absolutely true!

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

Funniest line of this article:

"The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology didn’t respond to a faxed request for comment."

With all of China's advances in telecom, AI, brain-computer interfaces, and they're still using fax machines!

https://t.co/NOrLMQzU40

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

@Lingling_Wei @IgnatiusPost China definitely won the summit. Is it stronger - or even an equal - of the US? No. Which makes the US’s accommodative approach in Beijing so concerning. China is punching above its weight, the U.S. below its weight.

[Kyle Chan @kyleichan]

“Between early 2025 and early 2026, EU imports of industrial robots from China rose by 315%, with average prices falling 29%, according to data published by the European Commission's import surveillance task force.”

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

Will be curious to see if this exemption is also extended to Geely-owned Polestar. Their roughly 30 dealerships in the US sold only ~3,000 cars in 2025.
https://t.co/9Tm88W5NwW

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

So much for Xi's touted phrase, "the foundation of US-China relations is people-to-people ties" (中美关系的基础在民间). China is restricting travel for its officials, scholars, and businesspeople; and it has various restrictions in place for foreign scholars and journalists who want to travel and work in China. China's AI community actually emerged out of close US-China scholarly & business ties.

https://t.co/b6fXn4HyW4

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

My explanation in @ForeignPolicy of why the Trump-Xi summit should be viewed as a win for China.
https://t.co/pXuxLh26mL