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The Trade War to End All Trade Wars?

Podcasts Feb 26, 2019 Elmira Bayrasli and Ann Lee

After US President Donald Trump said that the Sino-American trade truce could be extended beyond March 1, Chinese and American delegations rushing to negotiate a deal breathed a sigh of relief. But the dispute between the US and China is about much more than trade, says New York University professor Ann Lee.

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Elmira Bayrasli

Writing for PS since 2016
3 Commentaries

Elmira Bayrasli is the co-founder and CEO of Foreign Policy Interrupted and the author of From The Other Side of The World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places.

Ann Lee

Writing for PS since 2019
1 Commentary

Ann Lee, a professor at New York University, is the author of What the US Can Learn from China and Will China’s Economy Collapse?.

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aaroncloudstack Mar 4, 2019

Great show, Thank you for all the work all of you do to produce this exceptional product. I felt the discussion was very bias with Dr. Ann Lee who clearly has expertise (her detailed breakdown of the slowdown in China was excellent), Dr. Lee understands Chinese business/politics duality extremely well. But her bias that the US is all at fault is not fair for a product of this quality. What is Dr. Lee's open bias against US politics and wants the old regime of trade and business as usual. Why does she think Trump was elected just by accident. If existing norms & rules can't see the scale of challenge to existing politics by existing regimes. Her bias that the US vs. poor China, China the second largest economy in the world and is 5x bigger then India economically and still claiming "developing country status" to leverage rules for state industries. China has been doing this for 30 years and 20 years since joining the WTO. Why didn't Dr. Lee point out the scale of the in balance in trade between the US and China, EU and China, rest of asia and China. China's debt trap deals around the world. etc.. China wants asian hedgemonic power and not for open trade but for power china first regional domination politics. Try either bringing a guest that represents more then just the usual coastal elites & echo chamber or challenge them/ balanced views.
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