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Season 2 Episode 38

China’s Global Rise with Phil Chritton

• Host
  • Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Guest:
  • Phillip Chritton, Executive in Residence, Folks Center for International Business

With more than 30 years of international legal experience, Phil Chritton has guided global business leaders in managing enterprise risk and navigating complex regulatory environments. Having spent much of his career in East Asia, he brings deep insight into the region’s legal, political, and cultural dynamics.

Now serving as the Sonoco Visiting Fellow Executive in Residence at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, Phil shares his global perspective and passion for mentorship with future business and legal professionals. A former senior legal executive at UPS, he led a global team supporting the company’s international growth. Based in North Carolina, he also serves as a councilor of the International Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Topics include:

• China’s economic transformation in allowing private ownership of companies
• Western investment comes to China in late nineties
• Joint ventures and tech agreements required for foreign international companies
• China’s strategic learning in the process of producing 
• Chinese direct investment with the 2013 Belt and Road Initiative 
• China’s pride points 
• One child policy and lacking social safety net in China
• China’s progress in building up key industries 
• Status of rare earth standoff between China & the United States
• Comparisons to Soviet Union
• China’s great abilities in production & hard work 
• Avoiding misunderstanding between China and the United States
• Trade’s benefit in preventing conflict around the world 

To learn more about Sonoco Visiting Fellows Program, click here.

To learn more about Phillip Chritton, click here.

Photo Courtesy: Reuters

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