By Stephanie Segal & Matthew P. Goodman — On December 1, President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping met at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Argentina following months of rising tensions and tit-for-tat tariff retaliation between the United States and…
By Scott Kennedy — The drama that is U.S.-China relations added a new episode in Buenos Aires this weekend. The outcome was in many ways anti-climactic, as the two sides reached the most limited of agreements: to postpone new tariffs…
By Matthew P. Goodman — There is an old joke among economists: “Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.” Those of us who follow international economics began this month expecting talk to be at a steep discount. November is summit…
By Natasha Burrows & Kim Mai Tran — Economists posit that the U.S.-China trade war will have long-standing economic and geopolitical impacts on Southeast Asia. The export-oriented, globally-integrated economies of ASEAN will suffer most from trade barriers and tensions, particularly…
By Naing Thant Phyo — On September 9, 2018, the Myanmar government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), which will connect Yunnan Province in China to Kyaukphyu in Myanmar’s Rakhine State…
By Stephanie Segal — On October 17, the Treasury Department released its semiannual report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States. This report to Congress meets reporting and analysis obligations pursuant to Section…
In this episode, we discuss the current state of China’s financial system. China’s credit sector has expanded dramatically over the course of China’s unparalleled economic rise, yet now faces key problems that may impact overall economic stability. The authors of…
By Logan Wright & Daniel Rosen — Official Washington opines, with increasing confidence, that China’s economic growth is faltering as a result of the threat of U.S. tariffs. As National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow puts it, “I’m going to…
By Julia Wieczorek — A new generation of consumers is an emerging force driving market trends in China. Chinese consumers born between 1980 and 2010, known as the “young generation,” purchased $1.5 trillion worth of goods in 2016, a sharp…
By Victor Cha, Sue Mi Terry, and Michael Green — The third inter-Korean summit is taking place this week from September 18 to 20 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The two leaders, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim…
