At a time when Chinese American relations are at their lowest ebb since the Tiananmen Square Crisis, the US and China met in Alaska to try to resolve some of their issues, which include trade...
messages.detailsThe pandemic has shown that supply chains will need to be rethought, with more emphasis put on supplier diversification, domestic production, and stockpiling.
messages.detailsOne must hope that China and the United States will eventually arrive at an understanding that great-power competition does not preclude cooperation to resolve major global challenges.
messages.detailsGlobalization has given rise to legitimate frustrations and concerns, which can’t be assuaged simply by recalling the enormous benefits it has brought.
messages.detailsWhile some degree of deglobalization may be desirable today, this process also carries grave risks, from skyrocketing production costs to geopolitical conflict.
messages.detailsThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought economies around the world to an abrupt halt and highlighted the fragility of existing global value chains. But demolishing these key drivers of international trade and investment would only make a bad situation worse.
messages.detailsWhile the changing nature of global power may tempt some actors to seek advantage through confrontation, the expanding field of stakeholders offers the possibility of a course correction.
messages.detailsRussia has steadily inserted itself into Iraqs military, energy, and educational sectors, and these relationships could turn Baghdad further away from the United States now that the Trump administration has ceded Syria to Moscow.
messages.detailsGiven the growing risk of economic stagnation, governments may soon need to provide further stimulus – ideally in tandem with broader structural reforms...
messages.detailsArtificial intelligence can generate tremendous value for us all, if policymakers and businesses act swiftly and smartly to capture its full benefits and mitigate the inevitable risks...
messages.detailsAt last months G7 summit in Biarritz, leaders again paid lip service to reforming the World Trade Organization. But, given the US led effort to weaken the WTO
messages.detailsBetween US President Donald Trumps zero-sum disputes with China and Iran, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsons brinkmanship with Parliament and the European Union
messages.detailsIt has become common for people to refer to the 21st Century as the Chinese Century, much as many called the 20th Century as the American Century.
messages.detailsLike the twentieth-century Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the new rivalry between China and the West is a contest between fundamentally incompatible political systems.
messages.detailsUnlike the 2008 global financial crisis, which was mostly a large negative aggregate demand shock, the next recession is likely to be caused by permanent negative supply shocks
messages.detailssmartphones manufactured by the Chinese company will lose access to Googles Android operating system, when the U.S. tech giant launches the next version of the software later this year.
messages.detailsAt the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, participants made the same mistake they always do
messages.detailsOver the course of this year and next, the biggest economic risks will emerge in those areas where investors think recent patterns are unlikely to change
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messages.detailsThe United States and the European Union must decide whether they will begin to treat China as a “market economy” in their trade policies
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