Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Sep 25, 2017
The scale of all sorts of debt in the US, including federal government debt, corporate debt, household debt, and private debt is nearing an all-time high. Evidence suggests a new debt crisis is mounting.
Yu Xiang, Senior Fellow, China Construction Bank Research Institute
Aug 22, 2017
America isn’t on track to becoming “great again.” Here’s why, and what can be done about it.
Thomas R. Pickering, Former United States ambassador to India
Atman Trivedi, India affairs, US Commerce Department
Jul 21, 2017
The US-India relationship has been burdened by mutual misgivings as of late. In Washington summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump displayed a comfortable chemistry, with no real discord to be seen – a departure from some of Trump’s other early diplomatic forays.
Zhong Wei, Professor, Beijing Normal University
Jul 10, 2017
The bubbles in both finance and property are growing too big. The ordinary real economy is increasingly unable to bear the over-expansion of finance and property of the past 10 years. And NASDAQ is the most precarious bubble of all.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Jun 15, 2017
China has an increasing opportunity to share global leadership. Unless the U.S. recognizes U.S.-China relations as a positive-sum game, China may eventually surpass the U.S. economically through global leadership and innovation.
Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, GWU
Jun 06, 2017
Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin once said “No nation was ever ruined by trade.” President Donald J. Trump seems determined to prove Franklin wrong. On April 29, 2017, Trump directed the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to review all of America’s recent trade agreements. He wants trade officials to determine if America is being treated “fairly” by it trade partners.
Zhao Weibin, Researcher, PLA Academy of Military Science
Jun 02, 2017
President Trump’s first budget is a preliminary fulfillment of his promises to increase defense spending, improve military readiness, and strengthen the armed forces. But special interests in Congress – and some big legal questions – make its final adoption and form unpredictable.
Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation
Jun 02, 2017
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will no longer participate in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the landmark United Nations treaty that many of us worked so hard to achieve. Trump is making a mistake that will have grave repercussions for his own country, and for the world.
Yu Xiang, Senior Fellow, China Construction Bank Research Institute
Jun 02, 2017
The president’s overly rosy forecasts and tensions with Congress over alleged Russian meddling in last year’s US election mean a bumpy road ahead for his budget legislation. What Trump finally gets will probably a dramatically modified budget plan or an interim short-term deal that limits his administrative space.
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
May 05, 2017
Recently, President Trump released a U.S. tax cut plan to re-shore U.S. corporate revenues. Some expect it to cause great challenges to manufacturing and capital outflows from China. The realities are more complex.