What are people talking today
- The Great Decoupling
Keith Johnson & Bobbie Gramer | Foreign Policy
"Washington is pressing for a post-pandemic decoupling from China. But the last big economic split brought on two world wars and a depression. What’s in store this time? In the end, U.S. efforts to roll back the one part of globalization that it can somewhat control—global supply chains and trade—will be at best a partial and imperfect solution that will only aggravate the other challenges. Choosing economic decoupling as the answer to today’s problems, said Zoellick, is simply inviting future headaches." - Ten reasons why a 'Greater Depression' for the 2020s is inevitable
Nouriel Roubini | professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business
"Unfortunately, even if the Greater Recession leads to a lacklustre U-shaped recovery this year, an L-shaped “Greater Depression” will follow later in this decade, owing to 10 ominous and risky trends." - Joe Biden's Attempt to Out‐Hawk GOP on China Is Futile
Ted Galen Carpenter | Cato Institute
"Trying to out‐hawk the GOP on China is not only futile, it has the potential to exacerbate serious public hostility toward Beijing and push the United States into a full‐blown cold war with that country." - Why Trump's threats to 'punish' China over Covid-19 ring hollow
Chen Zhao | founding partner and chief strategist of Alpine Macro
"There are a few options that the Trump administration can use to go after China: trade, finance and technology. However, each will also involve enormous cost to the US. Trump has threatened to reimpose tariffs on Chinese goods, but as the US-China trade feud has shown, higher tariff rates are not a bonanza for the US economy."
On US-China Relations
- Trump's China Bark Is Worse Than His Bite
David Fickling | Bloomberg - Courage and sanity of speaking up against hate speech targeted at China
Chen Weihua | China Daily - Is a US-China Cold War already underway?
Ishaan Tharoor | Washington Post - The world is waking up to the character of the Chinese Communist Party
Josh Rogin | Washington Post - 50 shades of America's China experts
Seema Sirohi | Observer Research Foundation - Why America Should Normalize Relations with North Korea to Undermine China
Ted Galen Carpenter | senior fellow in defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute - A New Wave of Globalization
Zhang Yun | Associate Professor, National Niigata University in Japan
On US Election
- Biden Must Let a More Progressive Democratic Party Emerge
John Nichols | The Nation - Biden Is Weak on China
Christian Whiton | State Department senior advisor - The US and China Are Both COVID Losers
David Shambaugh | Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science & International Affairs, George Washington University
On Coronavirus
- From 'Respect' to 'Sick and Twisted': How Coronavirus Hit US-China Ties
Chris Buckley & Steven Lee Myers | The New York Times - Covid-19 Will Accelerate Trend Toward Leaderless World
Joel Gallo | CEO of Columbia China League Business Advisory Co. Ltd. - Coronavirus has presented China with a historic opportunity — will it take it?
Peter Frrankopan | professor of global history and director of the Centre for Byzantine Research at Oxford University - The post-pandemic world could be more sustainable and inclusive. The choice is ours
Dani Rodrik | professor of international political economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government - Coronavirus leaves China to rule the world? Truth is, it's neither ready nor willing
Wang Xiangwei | former South China Morning Post's editor-in-chief - Investors should prepare for a US 'economic depression,' warns Kyle Bass, but China's fate could be even worse
Chris Matthews | MarketWatch - Why China, India Will Suffer The Worst Economic Disaster In Almost A 100 Years
Alam Srinivas & Lola Nayar | Outlook India