AmCham Shanghai was pleased to host United States Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) for a private roundtable with Chamber leaders on August 10. Participants expressed the importance of the U.S.-China commercial relationship to both countries. Chamber members further emphasized the need for additional U.S. Government support to help American small and medium enterprises (SMEs) compete and win in the China market. Other issues discussed included product safety and quality, the protection of intellectual property rights and China’s growing market for clean technology.

Nelson, now in his second term in the Senate, serves on the influential Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over healthcare, climate change and international trade. The Senator expressed his thanks to AmCham Shanghai and its members for sharing views on how to increase U.S. competitiveness abroad.