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This page displays all Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) publications. Reports and commentary related to ASPI’s policy dialogues and study projects are featured in reverse chronological order.
Wendy Cutler says countries will be tempted to respond to COVID-19 with foreign investment restrictions, as the EU and Australia have done. An uptick of such measures, even if billed as temporary, could leave us all worse off, she warns.
On Thursday, March 26, Wendy Cutler cohosted a webinar about the COVID-19 pandemic and global trade, building off a blog that she wrote the week before.
Senior Fellow Richard Maude writes that public health systems in Southeast Asia will be quickly overrun and deaths from the virus will rise sharply if more aggressive containment measures are not put in place quickly.
Daniel Russel says perhaps the biggest threat to China’s influence and international standing from COVID-19 is the likely toll on China’s economy from both the unprecedented shut-down at home and the precipitous drop in global demand.
Wendy Cutler recommends actions the global trade regime should take during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a (virtual) WTO emergency session and plurilateral negotiations on trade restrictions of medical supplies.
Kevin Rudd writes as the public health crisis spreads to global markets, recovery will depend on two factors: whether China seizes the chance to pursue economic reform, and if the U.S. and other major economies take coordinated action.
Wendy Cutler says both the U.S. and China can respond responsibly to the fact that the coronavirus outbreak will prevent China from living up to some commitments in the Phase One trade deal.
Senior Fellow Richard Maude joins the Australia in the World podcast to discuss Australia's Indo-Pacific strategy, China, and Australian foreign policy.