{"id":519916,"date":"2026-01-16T08:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519916\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:26:13","slug":"chinas-slowing-growth-bilateral-tensions-top-american-business-concerns-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519916\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s slowing growth, bilateral tensions top American business concerns in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Concerns about China\u2019s slowing economic growth and \u201cstrained\u201d Beijing-Washington relations rank as the top two concerns among members of the American Chamber of Commerce in China this year, according to a chamber survey released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The growth concern was raised by 64 per cent of the 368 respondents, making it the leading issue, the annual China Business Climate Survey found.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Fifty-two per cent of respondents reported being profitable or very profitable last year, 6 percentage points more than in 2024, with the service sector \u2013 where 61 per cent of companies said they were profitable \u2013 registering the strongest gains.<\/p>\n<p>Major financial institutions <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3334550\/whats-next-chinas-economy-2026-and-how-it-plans-tackle-challenges?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">predict that China\u2019s economy will grow moderately<\/a> this year, shaped by supportive policy measures and global pressures. Investors worldwide are watching to see how Beijing stokes confidence, treats strategic industries and tames overcapacity.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese tariffs on US imports \u2013 fallout from the trade war escalation of last year \u2013 also ranked among the main issues of concern for American businesses.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Growth expectations for the technology and research-and-development (R&amp;D) sector had weakened, the survey showed, and worries about US-China technological decoupling remained the \u201cprimary obstacle to corporate innovation\u201d among American companies in China, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Concerns about China\u2019s slowing economic growth and \u201cstrained\u201d Beijing-Washington relations rank as the top two concerns among members&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":519917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[231572,9710,231575,64,74,231573,231574,98037,231571,79,67,132,68,231570],"class_list":{"0":"post-519916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-american-chamber-of-commerce-in-china","9":"tag-beijing","10":"tag-beijing-washington-relations","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-china-business-climate-survey","14":"tag-china-us-ties","15":"tag-chinas-economy","16":"tag-chinas-investment-environment","17":"tag-economy","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-us-china-technological-decoupling"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115903829397633725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}