Deborah Elms, Executive Director and Founder of the Asian Trade Centre
Sep 11, 2018
Some observers worry the Chinese government will use devaluation of the yuan as a weapon in the trade war. It won’t.
James A. Dorn, Senior fellow and China specialist at the Cato Institute
Sep 07, 2018
The main risk in implementing protectionist policies based on security considerations is that the “national defense card” will likely be overplayed, curbing legitimate trade and investment in the name of safety.
Sep 05, 2018
Many Americans have been told that international trade - and more specifically, China’s trade relationship with the United States - is bad for workers and hurts US growth. What is the real picture?
Sep 05, 2018
There are 68,000 American companies that manufacture, distribute and sell goods in China. It challenges the belief that the Chinese market is closed to the U.S.
Sep 03, 2018
Amid a better trade war with Washington, China's Xi reiterates commitment to reform.
Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States
Sep 03, 2018
China's top diplomat in Washington D.C. urged the U.S. to give up the illusion China will accept another Plaza Accord.
Tian Feilong, Associate Professor, the Law School of Beihang University
Aug 31, 2018
The American people don’t care about Taiwan, so Taiwan should forget about the US having its back and show respect to Beijing before China teaches it a harsh lesson.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Aug 28, 2018
Many observers believe that the US is doing the rest of the world a huge favor by running chronic current-account deficits – namely, supporting the large surplus countries, which tend to suffer from a shortfall of domestic demand. Others, including me, are more critical of America’s long-standing penchant for excess consumption and the role that surplus economies play in enabling it.
Simon Lester, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies
Huan Zhu, Research Associate, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies
Aug 28, 2018
A few short years ago, China and the United States appeared to be cooperating; today, the two are rivals in nearly every respect. What will become of this relationship, and how can existing international institutions and principles shape its future?
Christopher A. McNally, Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Aug 22, 2018
Because the US Dollar is the world’s reserve currency, economic turmoil makes people flock to it – even when that turmoil is created by America itself.