China's Best Friend? Donald Trump! by Harold Meyerson

[tanyev]

1. Would be nice if an article about Trump's relationship with China included a mention of the Trump trademarks in China.

July 2022

US president Donald J. Trump has won preliminary approval to register three dozen new trademarks in China covering everything from bars and hotels to child-care and massage services, raising further concerns over potential conflicts of interest.

Trump’s lawyers applied for a trove of new trademarks in China last April, as Trump bashed China for currency manipulation and stealing American jobs during his electoral campaign. The Chinese trademark office gave preliminary approvals for nine of the marks on Feb. 27 and for another 26 on March 6, according to Quartz’s examination of registration information published via the agency’s website. It rejected seven.

The 35 trademarks will go into effect after three months, if no one objects. Since 2005, Trump has filed for 126 trademarks in China for his business empire, and as recently as June 2016, his lawyers applied for three new marks in clothing and footwear, which are still under examination. Trump already has 77 trademarks in effect in China, while four were earlier rejected.

https://qz.com/929553/here-are-all-the-trump-trademarks-the-us-president-owns-in-china-and-some-that-he-doesnt