Erika Kinetz

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In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, a document from the website of China's Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce showing provisional approval of a trademark for Ivanka Trump Marks LLC is seen on a computer screen in Beijing. China has greenlighted five more Ivanka Trump trademarks as trade talks with her father’s administration intensify. They cover a range from wedding dresses to insurance and art valuation services.
China OKs More Invanka Trump Patents
They can be signs of corporate ambition, but many patents also are filed defensively, particularly in China.
Jan 22nd, 2019
In this Aug. 27, 2018, file photo, a cameraman takes video of a Nissan Sylphy Zero Emission, the Nissan's first all-electric vehicle built in China, at the Nissan factory in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. More than 200 manufacturers, including Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Nissan, Mitsubishi and U.S.-listed electric vehicle start-up NIO, transmit position information and dozens of other data points to government-backed monitoring centers, The Associated Press has found. Generally, it happens without car owners' knowledge.
EVs in China Talk to Gov't
Global automakers are feeding real-time information about electric vehicles to Chinese government monitoring centers.
Nov 29th, 2018
In this June 28, 2017 file image taken from video, Chinese labor activists Hua Haifeng, center, carries his son Bo Bo, and Li Zhao, second left, leave a police station after being released in Ganzhou in southern China's Jiangxi Province. China Labor Watch says three activists who were arrested while investigating abuses at Ivanka Trump's Chinese suppliers last year were released from bail on Tuesday June 26, 2018, but questions remain about their ability to live and work freely.
Men Behind Ivanka Trump Supplier Investigation Off Bail
Questions remain about their ability to live and work freely in China.
Jun 26th, 2018
Computer screen shows the Ivanka Trump logo, right, and the website of the Chinese Trademark Office in Beijing, China, Monday, May 28, 2018. China has approved 13 Ivanka Trump trademarks in the last three months and granted provisional approval for eight more, raising fresh conflict-of-interest questions about the White House.
China Approves 13 Ivanka Trump Trademarks
The trademarks could allow her brand to market a lifetime's worth of products in China.
May 29th, 2018
Executives from five major consumer brands told The Associated Press that after rebuffing Alibaba, traffic to their Tmall storefronts fell, hurting sales. Three are American companies with billions in annual revenue that rely on China for growth.
Chinese Corporate War Damages U.S. Brands
A "cat-and-dog war" between Alibaba and JD.com means many brands are caught in the crossfire.
Apr 23rd, 2018
In this Dec. 18, 2017, photo, Chinese labor activist Hua Haifeng walks toward the front door of a local police station as he prepares to do a weekly check-in with officials on the outskirts of Xiangyang in central China's Hubei Province. Apple Inc. and Ivanka Trump's brand both rely on Chinese suppliers that have been criticized for workplace abuses. But they've taken contrasting approaches to dealing with supply chain problems. When Apple learned thousands of student workers at an iPhone supplier had been underpaid, it helped them get their money back. After three men investigating labor abuses at factories that made Ivanka Trump shoes were arrested last year, neither Ivanka Trump nor her brand spoke out.
A Fight for Justice in Chinese Factories
How Apple and Ivanka Trump's brand have taken to workplace fairness overseas.
Jan 25th, 2018
In this photo taken in Oct. 2017 and provided to the Associated Press by China Labor Watch, workers rest at night in a cafeteria at a Catcher Technologies factory in Suqian in eastern China's Jiangsu province. An Apple Inc. supplier in eastern China on Wednesday denied allegations by a New York rights group that its workers toil for ten-hour shifts in loud, polluted conditions, without proper overtime pay or adequate safety protections to make MacBook and iPhone parts, before returning to filthy dormitories with cold showers. Apple also said it sent an investigative team to Suqian to interview over 150 workers but 'found no evidence that Catcher was violating our standards.'
Apple Supplier Denies Report of Unsafe Conditions
The company is being accused of providing a polluted work environment and failing to pay overtime to the makers of MacBooks and iPhones.
Jan 17th, 2018
In this July 30, 2017, file photo, a Chinese family walks out of an Apple store in Beijing. Hundreds of workers protested Wednesday night, Oct. 18, 2017, over bonuses promised through labor brokers who recruited them to work at Jabil Inc.'s Green Point factory, an Apple supplier, in Wuxi city in southern China, according to witnesses.
Workers Protest at iPhone Supplier
Hundreds gathered to protest unpaid bonuses.
Oct 19th, 2017
It is no secret that the bulk of Ivanka Trump’s merchandise comes from China. But just which Chinese companies manufacture and export her handbags, shoes and clothes is more secret than ever, an Associated Press investigation has found. Since she took on her White House role at the end of March, 90 percent of the shipments of her merchandise do not include public disclosure of the companies that sent the goods to the U.S., data shows.
Ivanka Trump's Dealings in China
The Chinese companies that manufacture and export her handbags, shoes and clothes are more secret than ever.
Sep 26th, 2017
In this photo taken 2016 and released by Deng Guilian, Hua Haifeng is seen during a visit to a park in Chengde in central China's Hubei province. Hua has been arrested and another two have gone missing following their investigations into working conditions at a Chinese factory that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes, a family member and an advocacy group said Tuesday, May 30, 2017. China Labor Watch Executive Director Li Qiang said he lost contact with Hua Haifeng and the other two men, Li Zhao and Su Heng, over the weekend. By Tuesday, after dozens of unanswered calls, he had concluded: “They must be held either by the factory or the police to be unreachable.”
Shoe Brands Implicated in Labor Controversy
But the company being investigated for human rights violations says it stopped making Ivanka Trump shoes months ago.
Jun 1st, 2017
Computer screens showing some of the Trump trademarks approved by China's Trademark office and seen on their website in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. China has granted preliminary approval for 38 new Trump trademarks, fueling conflict of interest concerns and questions about whether President Donald Trump is receiving special treatment from the Chinese government.
China Approves Dozens of New Trump Trademarks
But ethics experts say a government's discretion to approve trademarks could turn into an opportunity to exercise leverage over the U.S. president.
Mar 9th, 2017
In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 photo, banners advertising the high-end Trump-branded toilets made by Shenzhen Trump Industrial Co. are on display at the company's offices in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong Province. U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to receive something that he had been trying to get from China for more than a decade: trademark rights to his own name. After suffering rejection after rejection in China's courts, he saw his prospects change dramatically after starting his presidential campaign.
Trump's Trademark Case Raises Questions
Countries could use Trump's desire to control his brand to extend — or withhold — favor relating to trademark rights.
Feb 14th, 2017