Keyword: economics
Kevin Rudd talks with Tom Nagorski about the repercussions of COVID-19 for China, the country where the outbreak began.
Dexter Roberts talks with Tom Nagorski about how China's economic transformation has left behind hundreds of millions in the countryside.
Wendy Cutler, Kevin Rudd, and Daniel Russel comment on Wednesday's "phase one" trade agreement between the United States and China.
Key structural issues must be resolved during the next phase of negotiations before the world's two largest economies can set aside their differences.
Tom Nagorski talks to Wendy Cutler about her career as a trade negotiator and why the consensus in support of freer trade has eroded.
At a briefing at Asia Society New York, ASPI Vice President Wendy Cutler, one of the world’s most experienced and respected trade negotiators, discussed the current state of play in the U.S-China trade negotiations.
The veteran trade negotiator and ASPI Vice President said that the failure of the two sides to forge a deal will be painful for both countries.
Following a brief delay, the U.S. and China seem poised to eventually make a deal. But major fundamental differences between the two are unlikely to be resolved.
