In this Content Package you’ll find a balanced, fact-based discussion of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade case against China's solar manufacturers; an exploration of how China’s solar industry has grown so big so fast; and a thorough analysis of what might be the consequences – many of them likely unintended – of likely outcomes of this US-China trade case. We trust you will come away with a new sense of how...
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China’s currency manipulation has long been a hot topic. In many ways, the status quo remains the same: China allows the renminbi (RMB) to appreciate some (about 22 percent overall since July 2005; about 7 percent since June 2010) when it makes sense for China. In the U.S., policymakers make lots of noise about “punishing” China for its currency manipulation, though the U.S....
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“Is there some action a government like India’s [or China’s, or America’s] could take that would lead the Indian [Chinese, American] economy to grow? . . . If so, what action exactly? If not, what is it about the ‘nature of India [China, America]’ that makes it so? The consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: Once one starts to think about them, it is hard to...
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We talk a lot about free trade. The consensus seems to be that it is an ideal to be strived for, yet one that is always just out of reach. But what does free trade really mean? What would a “free trade” policy look like in China or in the United States? Let’s let loose the confines of reality for a moment and think about how the world would look if trade were really, truly, unabashedly free....
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Many thought leaders – business people, policymakers, academics – in the U.S. have voiced concerns for a number of years now that the U.S. is losing its competitive edge. They see a global competition for jobs, for talent, for business. They say that while China has been rapidly becoming more competitive (in some cases by “cheating” the game), the U.S. has become less and less able to compete globally....
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