Lobbying the Political Agenda
In mid-September, US President Barack Obama risked tense bilateral trade relations with China by opting for the imposition of an import tariff on tires. He legitimized his decision by saying that in...
View ArticleThe Two Rabbits of International Trade
SEOUL – If you chase two rabbits at once, the old saying goes, both will escape. And yet this is precisely what many governments are required to do: pursue both growth and distributional fairness. The...
View ArticleThe TTIP – an Ambitious Step Forward but Not an “Economic NATO”
Is an “economic NATO” possible? This striking – and perhaps misleading – expression has been used by some commentators to convey a possible outcome of negotiations between the United States and...
View ArticleWhy Australia Wants the UK to Stay in the EU
When the United Kingdom (UK) sought to join the European Economic Community (EEC) in the early 1970s, it stirred a backlash in Australia. Because its prime exporters enjoyed easy access to the large...
View ArticleChinese Firm Planning a Canal Through Nicaragua Has PLA Ties
This article was originally published by Offiziere.ch on 5 December, 2014. A Chinese company is preparing to begin work on the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal. Once — and if — the canal is ever finished,...
View ArticlePeace and War in Sino-America: Forget the Headlines and Follow the Trendlines...
This article was originally published by Harvard International Review on 2 May 2017. Throughout the 2016 presidential election, then candidate Donald Trump blasted China for its protectionist trade...
View ArticleThe US-Chinese Trade War Begins
This article was originally published by YaleGlobal Online on 19 September 2018. In his book Fear, journalist Bob Woodward suggests that Donald Trump’s protectionist instincts may be stronger than...
View ArticleThe Current State of the World Trading System and Its Likely Future
This speech was originally published by the Lowy Institute on 18 September 2019. On 17 September 2019, the Lowy Institute hosted Ambassador Alan Wm Wolff, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade...
View ArticleRussian-Chinese Trade Relations
This graphic shows Russia and China’s trade relations with one another and the rest of the world. For an insight into the potential of Moscow and Beijing’s partnership, read Jeronim Perović and Benno...
View ArticleEurasia’s Trade Partners
This graphic illustrates the total values of Eurasian countries’ trade with China, the EU, Russia and the rest of the world – including imports and exports – between October 2018 and September 2019....
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