Dec 09, 2019
Both sides are racing towards a Phase One agreement before Dec 15 when additional tariffs will be in place.
Sourabh Gupta, Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies
Dec 05, 2019
The Trump administration has demonstrated a lack of a respect for international trade law throughout the US-China trade dispute. Now, organizations like the WTO will suffer at the hand of Trump’s prioritization of his ‘America First’ policies.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Dec 04, 2019
For the last two years, the conflict between the United States and China has dominated the economic and financial-market debate – with good reason. After threats and accusations that long predate US President Donald Trump’s election, rhetoric has given way to action. Over the past 17 months, the world’s two largest economies have become embroiled in the most serious tariff war since the early 1930s.
Christopher A. McNally, Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Nov 28, 2019
If financial sanctions are the next battlefield for China and the United States, the pain may be worse than tariffs.
He Weiwen, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Nov 28, 2019
Cutting ties would undoubtedly hurt both countries. But when wishful policies collide with the iron laws of economics, the latter are certain to prevail.
Leonardo Dinic, Advisor to the CroAsia Institute
Nov 27, 2019
Pragmatic cooperation’ among the BRICS requires flexible and open multilateralism in a global system comprised of nation-states that should not meddle in the domestic affairs of other countries.
Nov 24, 2019
TikTok CEO Alex Zhu claims that TikTok stores all user data in Virginia-- not China.
Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Nov 22, 2019
Trashing favorable treatment for rising countries in the WTO would be unconscionable.
Sara Hsu, Visiting Scholar at Fudan University
Nov 21, 2019
China’s efforts to stimulate the economy post-crisis have resulted in massive debt accumulation for local governments. Now, the central government must plan to take the steps necessary to clean up its financial mess.
Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
Nov 20, 2019
This year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to poverty reduction. In the Nobel Committee’s view, the economists’ use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), a method adapted from medical sciences, to test whether specific interventions work has “considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty.”