This week marks the 120th birthday of Deng Xiaoping, architect of China’s reform and opening up. It is also a major milestone in commemorating his contributions to China’s rejuvenation. China’s …
Most worrying is what Maurice Obstfeld at the Peterson Institute recently called “a deep distrust of economic openness” – a bipartisan consensus that the open trade which has been nurtured …
No matter where you look, the global polycrisis envelops us, throwing together climate change, pandemic threats, food insecurity, technological competition, trade conflict and hot wars. Confidence has faltered in open …
As Southeast Asia strives to become an “epicentrum of growth”, the green technology manufacturing sector – particularly solar photovoltaics (PVs), lithium batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) – will be key …
Where will this vicious circle end? Maybe in currency crises if major US trading partners such as Japan continue to spend their official reserves on trying to restrain their currencies …
From this perspective, the US sees itself as the victim of others’ transgressions. Japan was the culprit in the 1980s. Now it’s China. US leaders also blame the World Trade …
There was some good news for China’s economy this week, with first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures better than expected. However, structural and cyclical issues persist, and the consequences of …
Liu said, “Asia must be vigilant not to become testing grounds for parallel systems. If so, the long-established industrial supply chains in the region could be disrupted and Asia can …
These blind spots created a delusion that finance was benign, the global economy was stable and there were no planetary or political costs from the “no limits” growth model. Today, …