Analysts: More data on U.S. investments in China needed to shape restrictions

The U.S. government needs increased transparency into U.S. investments in China to best tailor restrictions on them, analysts said this week, calling on the Biden administration and Congress to act. “You got to have good data to make good policy,” said Derek Scissors, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission. “We need by-sector disclosures. We need to know . . . where the money is going.” U.S. government databases on...