Commentary / World May 20, 2019
U.S. and China recalibrating in their trade talks
by Paul Goldstein
The purpose of U.S. President Donald Trump's emerging "unconventional multilateralism" is to challenge China's neocolonial approach.
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Editorials May 13, 2019
The U.S. commitment to unilateral acts of protectionism and China's determination to build a world-class economy by tilting the domestic business landscape bodes ill for a solution anytime soon.
Commentary / Japan May 13, 2019
U.S.-China trade talks as seen from Tokyo
by Kuni Miyake
The longer the showdown between the world's two biggest economies persists, the more divided into two digital economic blocs the global economy will become.
Commentary / World May 7, 2019
Will Trump's 'art of the deal' work with China?
by Kuni Miyake
Commentary / World May 7, 2019
The theory that (might) explain Trump's trade war
by Karl W. Smith
One school of economic thought argues that bilateral agreements are better than multilateral ones.
Editorials Feb 27, 2019
An end to the U.S.-China trade war would likely mean a shift in Washington's attention to trade talks with Japan.
Commentary / World Feb 26, 2019
Trump's China trade 'win' will likely cost America
by Michael Schuman
The China deal is exposing Trump's willingness to sacrifice long-standing American ideals for short-term political gain.
Commentary / World Feb 25, 2019
Why a U.S.-China trade deal is not enough
by Minxin Pei
The trade war is a manifestation of the strategic competition between the two powers.
Commentary / World Jan 8, 2019
Who benefits from Trump's trade war?
by Koichi Hamada
The U.S.-China trade war may lead to broader damage, as tit-for-tat tariffs reduce overall exports, undermine total global trade flows and impede world economic growth.
Commentary / World Dec 10, 2018
U.S. has Huawei in cuffs; China has U.S. in chains
by Tm Culpan
Here's a vision of how things might look if Beijing decides to retaliate by leveraging its dominance of the supply chain for American companies.
Commentary / World Dec 10, 2018
by Barry Eichengreen
The U.S. and China have very different views of what they had signed up for in the truce.
Business Oct 18, 2018
Japan's exports unexpectedly fell in September — the first drop in almost two years — as natural disasters disrupted economic activity and higher energy prices continued to feed gains in imports. While one-off events make it difficult to assess the impact of the U.S.-China trade ...