Trade

Daniel Russel tells CNBC that United States and the international community should be focusing on the objectionable behavior of China, and not vilifying China with a broad brush.

ASPI President Kevin Rudd says the period of strategic engagement between the U.S. and China is yielding to a new period of strategic competition.

Wendy Cutler says it’s time to develop a co-existence pact between the two very different systems at play in the U.S. and China.

Kevin Rudd suggests we light a candle for coming trade talks with China since we’ve routinely failed to see the tipping points between failed diplomacy and limited conflict and then more general war.

Transparent citizens, police state, totalitarian rule: The catchphrases used to describe the Social Credit System (SCS) are oftentimes lurid. China has announced to introduce a rating system by 2020, which measures and expresses the social behaviour of citizens and companies. Is the system the Orwellian nightmare that Western media often depicts it as, or is the story more complicated? In Asia Society Switzerland’s summer series, we try to shed some light on what the SCS really is, and how it works.

Transparent citizens, police state, totalitarian rule: The catchphrases used to describe the Social Credit System (SCS) are oftentimes lurid. China has announced to introduce a rating system by 2020, which measures and expresses the social behaviour of citizens and companies. Is the system the Orwellian nightmare that Western media often depicts it as, or is the story more complicated? In Asia Society Switzerland’s summer series, we try to shed some light on what the SCS really is, and how it works.

Transparent citizens, police state, totalitarian rule: The catchphrases used to describe the Social Credit System (SCS) are oftentimes lurid. China has announced to introduce a rating system by 2020, which measures and expresses the social behaviour of citizens and companies. Is the system the Orwellian nightmare that Western media often depicts it as, or is the story more complicated? In Asia Society Switzerland’s summer series, we try to shed some light on what the SCS really is, and how it works.

Transparent citizens, police state, totalitarian rule: The catchphrases used to describe the Social Credit System (SCS) are oftentimes lurid. China has announced to introduce a rating system by 2020, which measures and expresses the social behaviour of citizens and companies. Is the system the Orwellian nightmare that Western media often depicts it as, or is the story more complicated? In Asia Society Switzerland’s summer series, we try to shed some light on what the SCS really is, and how it works.

Wendy Cutler discusses President Trump's treatment of companies doing businesses in the U.S. and abroad following the rise in trade tensions.

ASPI report outlining ways to foster regional trade and carbon market cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea.

Wendy Cutler writes in The New York Times that that America’s friends and allies are now looking elsewhere on trade.

Wendy Cutler on the Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs on metals from the EU, Canada, and Mexico.

Wendy Cutler describes what it takes to be a trade negotiator on the Peterson Institute's "Trade Talks" podcast.

Wendy Cutler writes that Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump must focus on easing trade tensions sector by sector.

Wendy Cutler explains how the United States has built and benefited from the world trading system.

Wendy Cutler explains President Trump's statement that he may consider rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Wendy Cutler's in The Diplomat on how Asia-Pacific policymakers can help rebuild support for trade by helping workers with forward-thinking labor programs.