New CMG Primer, analyzing China’s evolving approach to export controls
- China Macro Group (CMG)

- 4 days ago
- 1 min read

December 2025 | Our newest CMG Primer – titled: “Understanding China’s evolving approach to export controls and implications for international business – from its first export control action in 1997 towards building geoeconomic capacity and power since 2020” – provides a strategic analysis of evolution, intents and typology of China’s evolved export controls, plus it draws strategic implications for international business.
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Our analysis is backed by rigorous and complete bottom-up analyses that has taken into consideration all export controls actions China has ever taken since 1997, which we also make available as a downloadable XLS file:

Here are some of our key viewpoints to give you a flavor of this new publication:

Reach out to us with your business questions and feedbacks. We will be sharing more of our findings and learnings in the coming weeks.
To read our full analysis, download our new CMG Primer here (no registration):