I have no particular knowledge about the internal workings of the Chinese government so I can only offer some fairly vague observations here, but it’s totally fascinating to me to watch Xi Jinpi
China might be headed toward a recession. Against all expectation (not a single economist polled by Bloomberg had predicted it), the People’s Bank of China has cut interest rates. The ease was
I am not usually one to give credit to the Chinese government. But hey….. The global cryptocurrency industry’s latest meltdown has prompted fresh warning in China that the value of bitcoin cou
Dayen has a good piece on the complex politics of the solar energy industry and how despite how it initially looks, it is essentially beholden to the Chinese. The Solar Energy Industries Association i
Another good move from the Biden administration to enforce laws against slave labor making products for import: U.S. officials have begun blocking the import of solar panels that they believe could be
Alex Cooley and I published a piece at Foreign Affairs which discusses how international order is becoming more or less “liberal” across three dimensions: political rights, economic arrang
Sometimes the best way to compete is… not to bother. As Alex Cooley and I argue in a new piece over at The National Interest, Washington can afford to chill out a bit when it comes to challenges
At least, that’s the conclusion of an interesting piece in Bloomberg News. The deficit did fall year-on-year in 2019, as U.S. companies switched to imports from countries like Vietnam, but