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You are going to love book 3 in the series by IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer: “The China Dilemma”

Our agenda for the brunch event:

• Noon: Meet, greet, and order food and drinks from Elaine’s award-winning menu
• 1pm: Our 45-minute interview begins, followed by a 15-minute Q&A with the audience to be produced on our popular podcast and video series
• 2pm: Guests talk with the author, buy all the books in the series, and get them signed!

Meet the Author: Writing books is a passion for attorney Timothy Trainer who for more than three decades focused on intellectual property issues in his day job. He has worked in government agencies and in the private sector and his assignments have taken him to 60 countries around the world.

“He found time to pen a few non-fiction tomes, including his first book, Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights; the 15th edition was published in 2022,” shares Jeffery James Higgins, host of the Elaine’s Literary Salon show, noting Thomson Reuters’ Aspatore Books published Tim’s next title in 2015, Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff. “But fiction was a genre he always wanted to try.”

In 2019 his mission was accomplished when “Pendulum Over the Pacific,” was released by Joshua Tree Publishing. “This political intrigue story is set in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and centers on trade tensions between the U.S. and Japan in the late 1980s,” Tim explains. In 2023, his first series hit bookstores: The China Connection. Coming in the fall of 2026, be on the lookout for “The China Dilemma.”

Learn more: TimothyTrainer.com

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About the China Dilemma: Jean Leconte uncovers a conspiracy of silence while working at an aviation production plant in Tianjin, China. His Chinese suppliers withhold critical parts unless his company shares confidential information. Efforts to get help from his company and government officials in Brussels fail, and he is warned not to disclose China’s practices.

Unwilling to acquiesce, Jean reaches out to Glo-Ex, a covert business alliance, for help. Kellie Liang and Carter Armstrong, known as the Colonel, take charge of Glo-Ex’s efforts to expose the broader implications of China’s dominance in rare earth minerals. Kellie and the Colonel initially focus on Europe but soon recognize China’s dominance in processed rare earth minerals as a major threat to U.S. military and civilian interests.

When they reach out to their contacts in Washington, D.C., they realize those who are willing to help lack information and those who have the information are actively trying to suppress disclosure. Can Kellie and the Colonel find a way to expose the looming danger without being silenced?

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About The China Factor: It’s a year after Hong Kong reverted to China. Aaron and Kellie’s dual purpose in Hong Kong, their trip for business and pleasure, descends into chaos when Kellie fails to deliver the blueprint Chinese entrepreneurs seek in hopes of greater riches in the U.S. market. After a day-long meeting, she awakes across the border in southern China the next morning without her travel documents. Aaron, while waiting for Kellie’s return, is attacked in his hotel room. He panics.

Helpless, Aaron enlists the aid of Roger, a retired Customs attaché in Hong Kong. Roger questions the nature of the contents of millions of containers leaving Hong Kong and wonders how he can profit from it. Aaron and Roger cobble together a group of people to rescue Kellie from across the border. This small group of government and non-government people engage in questionable tactics to find Kellie. Can the group come together to save Kellie, or will their personal ambitions prevail?

The big news for 2025 is that the sequel, The China Factor, is now for sale. Here, Tim takes us back to the spring of 2005. The FBI foils a government employee’s attempt to provide confidential information to the Chinese. As the FBI struggles to understand why the information is valuable, its investigation entangles Capitol Hill staffer Kellie Liang and jeopardizes her nomination to a State Department position. Under scrutiny, Kellie thrusts herself into the FBI investigation. Seeking a voice of reason, Kellie reaches out to Aaron Foster only to learn that he is vacationing in Vietnam with his uncle, a war veteran. Surprisingly, Aaron believes he has found a Chinese corporate connection to information theft. From two sides of the world, Kellie and Aaron work to thwart China’s efforts and save Kellie’s nomination.

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About the China Connection: It’s a year after Hong Kong reverted to China. Aaron and Kellie’s dual-purpose Hong Kong trip for business and pleasure descends into chaos when Kellie fails to deliver the blueprint Chinese entrepreneurs seek in hopes of greater riches in the U.S. market. After a day-long meeting, she awakes the next morning across the border in southern China without her travel documents. Aaron, while waiting for Kellie’s return, is attacked in his hotel room. He panics.

Helpless, Aaron enlists the aid of Roger, a retired Customs attaché in Hong Kong. Roger questions the nature of the contents of millions of containers leaving Hong Kong and wonders how he can profit from it. Aaron and Roger cobble together a group of people to rescue Kellie from across the border. This small group of government and non-government people engage in questionable tactics to find Kellie.

Can the group come together to save Kellie or will their personal ambitions prevail?

Find all of Tim’s books at TimothyTrainer.com • Check out this month’s podcast episode his show: Tim’s Travails and videos on TimothyTrainer.tv • Follow Tim on Substack