Dexter Tiff Roberts
@dtiffroberts.bsky.social
Writing and speaking on China
Former China Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Businessweek
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Check out my newsletter Trade War: https://dexter.substack.com/
Former China Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Businessweek
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Check out my newsletter Trade War: https://dexter.substack.com/
I was there in 1991 and I believe that was still the case then. And there was the Coca-Cola Cafe.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I was there in 1991 and I believe that was still the case then. And there was the Coca-Cola Cafe.
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡. Trade negotiator Li Chenggang calls for more agricultural cooperation with US in meeting with American executives. And Beijing starts to buy American wheat. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡. Trade negotiator Li Chenggang calls for more agricultural cooperation with US in meeting with American executives. And Beijing starts to buy American wheat. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
Just because Beijing didn’t raise chips doesn’t mean they aren’t a top priority. 𝘼𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧 𝙓𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣 to avoid China’s 4 Red Lines. And Premier Li predicts economy will surpass $23.9 trillion in five years. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Just because Beijing didn’t raise chips doesn’t mean they aren’t a top priority. 𝘼𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧 𝙓𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣 to avoid China’s 4 Red Lines. And Premier Li predicts economy will surpass $23.9 trillion in five years. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
• Self-reliance cornerstone of China policy long before Xi
• “Dog-eat-dog world of power struggles, artifice, hubris, treachery, and duplicity”
• Critical Minerals, Critical Moment-experts lay out what is at stake open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡. Trade negotiator Li Chenggang calls for more agricultural cooperation with US in meeting with American executives. And Beijing starts to buy American wheat. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡. Trade negotiator Li Chenggang calls for more agricultural cooperation with US in meeting with American executives. And Beijing starts to buy American wheat. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Just because Beijing didn’t raise chips doesn’t mean they aren’t a top priority. 𝘼𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧 𝙓𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣 to avoid China’s 4 Red Lines. And Premier Li predicts economy will surpass $23.9 trillion in five years. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Trade War
Differences emerge between Washington and Beijing’s takes on recent Trump-Xi meeting. China isn’t promising as sweeping changes to its rare earths export regime as the White House claims. And just bec...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Just because Beijing didn’t raise chips doesn’t mean they aren’t a top priority. 𝘼𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧 𝙓𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣 to avoid China’s 4 Red Lines. And Premier Li predicts economy will surpass $23.9 trillion in five years. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...
Reposted by Dexter Tiff Roberts
"Now, with the US tariff cut, that advantage will become more evident, particularly for lower-margin products, Roberts said. 'Doing this on razor-thin margins is something often other countries find it hard to compete on,' he said." www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
Cuts to US ‘fentanyl tariffs’ help Chinese exporters gain on competition
Analysts said the reduction in US tariffs creates space for Chinese producers to gain on Asian competitors – particularly in low-cost goods.
www.scmp.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Now, with the US tariff cut, that advantage will become more evident, particularly for lower-margin products, Roberts said. 'Doing this on razor-thin margins is something often other countries find it hard to compete on,' he said." www.scmp.com/economy/chin...