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Jun 10, 2021

Development finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Chinese model

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

In recent years Chinese investment in Sub-Saharan Africa has outpaced distributions by the World Bank Group by more than $20 billion USD. These investments have been focused in energy, transport, metals, and real estate imply a modern bartering system is at play where developing countries in these regions pay for Chinese investment and construction in their economies through guaranteed long-term supply of hydrocarbons, agriproducts, or minerals.

Africa China

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Jun 8, 2021

The growing global alignment in regulating Chinese trade and investment

By John Kabealo

The rapid revisions to US FDI and trade policy and the fast momentum the United States has helped to create in its diplomatic efforts reflect a near uniform consensus in the United States, and a growing consensus among our allies, that cross-border trade and investment are squarely issues of national security. Traditional US transatlantic allies appear to be serving US interests, and other countries with complex relations with China are adopting FDI screening processes that mimic CFIUS. The numerous efforts to revise statutory and regulatory regimes are an unmistakable signal that the view of China as a rival, and indeed a threat, to the established global order, is both widespread and likely to endure.

China Defense Technologies

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May 21, 2021

The mythology of a rising Asia…and how America can make a difference

By Vasuki Shastry

The mythology of a rising Asia is not entirely accurate. This is because much of the regional economic growth has been accompanied by worsening social outcomes. However, as the Biden administration asserts a renewed US focus on the region, these worsening social outcomes provide a strong opportunity for engagement.

China East Asia

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May 14, 2021

Let’s talk about informality!

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

The US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, well below experts’ forecasts of one million jobs. April numbers suggest that there were about 1.1 people unemployed for every job opening in the economy, pointing to a shortage story in labor supply.

Future of Work Inclusive Growth

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May 12, 2021

Reading list: Central bank digital currencies

By Niels Graham

A comprehensive collection of the most relevant articles on central bank digital currencies.

China Digital Currencies

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May 10, 2021

Taking stocks off the board: The rising threat of delisting in US-China relations

By Jeremy Mark

Chinese listings on US stock exchanges through IPOs have increased 440% from a year ago. This record level of IPOs may be less significant than the numbers suggest, because the regulatory doors in both Washington and Beijing are beginning to close on Chinese share issues in the United States.

China Financial Regulation

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May 4, 2021

The global economic recovery is a concerning tale of two worlds

By Jeff Goldstein

The global economy is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than expected. However, advanced and low-income developing countries are recovering at different rates. This divergence creates serious economic risks in the short and long term for all countries, even those recovering well like the United States.

China Economy & Business

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May 4, 2021

Can interest rate hikes accelerate inflation?

By Andrzej Rzońca and Grzegorz Parosa

The developed world has not seen high levels of inflation since at least the mid-1990s. However, the rise of unconventional monetary policy and a series of price level adjustments may change this.

Financial Regulation Macroeconomics

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Apr 19, 2021

An EAR-evolution? What Commerce’s military intelligence end-user rule may foretell

By Annie Froehlich

Export controls have become an increasingly prominent tool in the US' foreign policy. However, a new rule that restricts the activities of US persons may foretell a shift in tactics.

Arms Control China

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Mar 29, 2021

Supply chains and semiconductors: The need for US diplomacy

By Jeremy Mark

Any effort to revitalize the US’s to domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity would be incomplete without diplomacy. US allies such as Taiwan and South Korea remain global leaders in semiconductor manufacturing. If the U.S. wants to rejoin them, the Biden administration should deepen investment ties with Taiwan and South Korea and find ways to bring them closer to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.

China Defense Technologies
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