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Why Does Everyone Hate Made in China 2025? On the same day that the Trump administration announced $60 billion in tariffs against China last week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) dropped the results of its Section 301 investigation into China’s unfair trade practices. The nearly 200-page report presents a searing indictment of China’s disregard for intellectual property, discrimination against foreign firms, and use of preferential industrial policies to unfairly bolster Chinese firms. Interestingly, the report singles out one Chinese government initiative, in particular, as a prime example of Beijing's egregious behavior: Made in China 2025. Made in China 2025, originally approved by China's State Council in 2015, is mentioned or cited an astounding hundred and sixteen times. In contrast, China's Cybersecurity Law, which has caused a perennial headache for many U.S. multinationals, is only mentioned thirteen times. And for good rea...

Creation of a Sustainable Portofolio Les^sence Creation of Investments currently manages several private equity funds and co-investment vehicles with investments in the following locations and companies: Les^sence Swiss Sustainable Investments , is a leading impact investment management company dedicated to private equity investments in the financial services industry. Specifically, we partner with management teams to inject needed growth equity and facilitate buyout transactions in firms specializing in microfinance , small-and-medium enterprise credit, leasing, factoring, insurance, savings, payments and mobile money. Les^sence Investments currently manages several private funds and other investment vehicles for individual, family office and institutional investors. Together with our portfolio companies, we provide access to capital and other critical financial services to the unbanked and underbanked, helping our clients to engage in small-business activity, increasing incom...