James Zimmerman was quoted in the South China Morning Post article, "Trade War Clues Sought in China’s ‘Ambiguous’ New Export Control Law," regarding his thoughts on China’s new export control draft law.

“This common theme of ambiguity and uncertainty is no accident and specifically designed to allow the government agencies flexibility and discretion in the implementation,” said James.

China is also sitting on an unreliable entity list, aimed at punishing companies alleged to have damaged Chinese interests. The list remains unpublished amid progression in the US trade talks, but former White House sources previously briefed the South China Morning Post that it was their understanding that it would have been unleashed should the cancelled tariffs due on December 15 have entered force. “It’s my personal opinion that the unreliable list will either never be published and/or those supposedly listed will never be openly under scrutiny,” said James. “Part of the reason Beijing is slow to move forward with the unreliable list is because it does not want to bite the hand that feeds it.”