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Political Science

2010

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

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Tennessee And China: The Challenges And Opportunities Of A Growing Trade Relationship, Georgia Varlan Apr 2010

Tennessee And China: The Challenges And Opportunities Of A Growing Trade Relationship, Georgia Varlan

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

In 2007, the state of Tennessee opened a trade office in Beijing to facilitate increased trade and investment between Tennessee and China, which has already grown by over 1,000 percent in the past five years. This paper begins by tracing a brief history of U.S.-China trade and economic relations, focusing on the period from the 1978 economic reforms to the present, as well as looking at some of the issues affecting U.S.-based entities exporting to China. Tennessee’s trade relationship with China is analyzed within this context, focusing on Tennessee exports to China and using both state trade data and case …