In their article “The U.S.-China Clean Tech Opportunity,” co-authors Mario Mancuso and Asma Chandani of Akin Gump describe the opportunity for the United States and China to collaborate on clean energy technologies and assess some of the current challenges to a transparent and level-playing field in clean tech trade and investment between the two countries.  In particular, the authors examine the implications of (i) export controls, (ii) enforcement of intellectual property rights and (iii) regulatory barriers and protectionism.  The authors propose concrete steps that the United States and Chinese governments can take to create the framework and conditions for an open, functioning and competitive clean technology market.  Such an approach would lay the foundation for a clean tech future that the world wants and needs and introduce the next constructive chapter in one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world.

The Hon. Mario Mancuso is a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, an international law firm that opened its Beijing office in 2007.  He previously served as a senior U.S. Defense Department official (2005-07) and as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce (Industry and Security), U.S. Chair of the U.S.-China High Technology and Strategic Trade Working Group, and member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (2007-09).

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