Tag: Economics

  • Obvious Headline of the Month

    It’s actually been two months since the last time I posted an obvious headline, but this one warrants reviving the tradition. From the ever-insightful Agence France Presse: China, India, Japan to power Asian economy in 2007 Sure, I mean, there may be something to the story that Asian economies and not the United States are…

  • U.S. Treasury Secretary and Fed Chief to Lead China Delegation

    Plans for a high-level economic delegation from the United States to China next month have been gradually emerging over the last week. This team will be pretty hard-hitting. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who first visited China in September, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will lead the delegation to the semiannual U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue,…

  • How a Small U.S. or European Company Turns to China

    China Law Blog tells the story of a worried client deciding whether to do business in China, revealing the decisions set before a small or medium-sized companies in the United States or Europe when faced with competitors who manufacture in China. I talked a lot with my small company client today about the risks of…

  • What About the Trade Imbalance, Indeed

    Is China growing at the United States’ expense? That is one of the most vexing questions about China for U.S. politicians, and that’s the question Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley and Desmond Lachman of the American Enterprise Institute are at work debating on cfr.org. Short answer? Well, they’re not giving a short answer. In Roach’s…