dominated the landscape. The trade war between the nited u states and china has escalated at an alarming rate. The World Trade organisation appellate body looks set to be shut-down. Argentina is in crisis. Turkey is not far off. markets have been rattled in Indonesia, myanmar, Italy and spain as financial conditions tighten. The fallout from ...

Oct 31, 2018 · The Chinese renminbi has plunged against the US dollar in 2018 — weakening more than the euro, but less than most other emerging market currencies like the rupee and rupiah. The renminbi and other currencies are weak because the dollar is strong. Rising US interest rates and strong US economic growth have attracted capital from

United States and china. ASEAN may no longer inhabit such a sweet spot. Established at the height of the cold War, ASEAN was entrenched around an understanding among conservative, anti-communist elites with at least some authoritarian sympathies. These elites accepted autonomy, mutual non-intervention, consensus on issues that required

The East Asia Forum office is based in Australia and EAF acknowledges the First Peoples of this land — in Canberra the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people — and recognises their continuous connection to culture, community and Country.

The East Asia Forum office is based in Australia and EAF acknowledges the First Peoples of this land — in Canberra the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people — and recognises their continuous connection to culture, community and Country.

China Sea dispute and find an effective response to intensifying US–China rivalry. But the main function of ASEAN has been about regional reconciliation. Emerging out of the ashes of confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia, ASEAN was primarily meant as a collective effort to prevent conflicts and manage disputes among

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But China’s government is trapped in two important respects. First, government officials and many economists on both sides are in thrall to a false theory: that a discrete appreciation of the RMB against the dollar would have the predictable effect of reducing China’s trade surplus and U.S. trade deficit. Once one realizes that China’s

pandemic. But speculation about China losing ascendancy is so far unproven. Even as investors pursue China Plus One policies, foreign direct investment in China remains robust. China is also increasing investments across Southeast Asia, while ASEAN helps to shape the region’s new trade architecture. There are many more months in 2021, however.

Singapore, Southeast Asia and China, was founded on trade-oriented growth (anchored in the disciplines of participation in international markets) and deeper integration into the international economy, not retreat from it or reliance on import-substitution. The rapid trade growth enjoyed by these economies was supply-driven, built on the expansion