China Exports Its Standards

BeijingChina is drafting its own supply-chain and due-diligence standards for export.

Whoever writes the standard decides which audits and suppliers pass, controlling market access without a tariff.

Manufacturers across Africa and South Asia now face two incompatible compliance regimes.

A country that adopts Chinese standards becomes harder to decouple than one that just trades with it, analysts say.

Sources: The Diplomat