Bian Xiaochun, Deputy Director at the Institute of World Development
Jun 07, 2018
The producer-consumer relationship between China and the US underpins the current global trade landscape, and it is unlikely to change in the short run because of a trade war.
Patrick Mendis, Visiting Professor of Global Affairs, National Chengchi University
Joey Wang, Defense Analyst
Jun 07, 2018
President Trump’s measures to help ZTE get back in business are based on flawed logic. They suggest that steel and aluminum is more crucial to America’s national security than semiconductor chips, which are extremely pervasive globally and used in modern warfare. This is absurd, Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang argue.
James H. Nolt, Adjunct Professor at New York University
Jun 06, 2018
Although many interests in the U.S., China and around the world will be damaged if the world’s two largest economies engage in a trade war, it is likely that Trump would have to back down first, increasing China’s global power and influence.
Dinny McMahon, Fellow at MacroPolo
May 31, 2018
This century is supposed to be China’s century, the result of forty years of hard-won prosperity on the back of tough-minded reform and sacrifice. That still might happen, but the outcome rides heavily on whether a new generation of leaders are able to resurrect the magic of China’s economic exceptionalism.
Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong
Xiao Geng, Director of Institute of Policy and Practice at Shenzhen Finance Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong
May 30, 2018
The only way to mitigate the risks that China faces is with a tough, continuous, and comprehensive reform strategy.
Richard C. K. Burdekin, Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics, Claremont McKenna College
Ran Tao, Associate Professor University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
May 30, 2018
A pending link up between the London and Shanghai stock markets promises to greatly enhance investment opportunities between them. The new Shanghai-London Stock Connect will also make China access more readily available to other European investors.
Zhang Jun, Dean, School of Economics, Fudan University
May 29, 2018
China’s response – increasing imports and accelerating domestic structural reforms – will support high-quality long-term growth.
Zhu Songling, Professor, Beijing Union University
May 28, 2018
China’s new Thirty-One Measures for Taiwan can be appreciated by both sides.
Han Liqun, Researcher, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
May 28, 2018
What’s behind this changing relationship?
Christopher A. McNally, Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
May 25, 2018
In the run up to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s planned visit to China next week to discuss “a framework” for a trade deal, how do the latest updates reflect Trump’s strategy and goals?