Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Feb 02, 2021
The U.S. president’s idea for a summit on democracy is ill-conceived, ill-timed and likely to be ill-fated. Such an event can only distract from solving the challenges posed by the pandemic, the disruptions of extremists and a divided society.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Jul 09, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to the American economy, ending the country’s historic 10-year economic expansion. The impacts of the pandemic will continue to be felt across the board in Q2 and may potentially transform the country’s economic status quo.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
May 14, 2020
While reductions will end price wars, major problems remain unresolved on the demand side. Consumption has fallen because of the coronavirus pandemic, and little short of a vaccine will help.
Don M. Tow, President, New Jersey Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia
Apr 21, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world. Its impact on the U.S. is probably the greatest because of President Trump’s attitude and actions. This article provides a short summary of the events during the last few months, then it discusses the political implications in the U.S.
Zhou Shijian, Senior Fellow, Tsinghua Center for US-China Relations
Jan 03, 2020
The economy of the United States appears to be in a slide that will continue through 2020. If he expects to win re-election, the U.S. president must find a way to stop it. Ending the trade war with China is a key step.
Hannah Feldshuh, Analyst
Sep 02, 2019
President Trump’s unorthodox methods of dealing with the trade war are usually the ones making the headlines, but American lawmakers are generally split as to how the US should move forward with its eastern counterpart.
Shang-Jin Wei, Professor, Finance and Economics at Columbia University
Aug 30, 2019
The recent inversion of the yield curve in the United States – with the interest rate on ten-year US government bonds currently lower than that on short-term bonds – has raised fears of a possible US recession later this year or in 2020. Yet, paradoxically, a downturn in America could help to improve bilateral economic relations with China and cool the two countries’ escalating trade dispute.
May 17, 2019
Over the last month the U.S.-China trade war has boosted the risk of a U.S. recession, say a strong majority of economists polled by Reuters, who now put the chances of that happening in the next two years at 40%.
Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong
Xiao Geng, Director of Institute of Policy and Practice at Shenzhen Finance Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jun 26, 2018
The economic inequality in America is pulling apart its social fabric.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Mar 02, 2018
Are the US economy's fundamentals really that strong?