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What Can China Accomplish with its G-20 Presidency?
China is about to step up for the first time as host of the G-20 this September and the country has been working hard to make a good impression. An im...
Jun 22, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Diplomatic Update June 2016
Recent months have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity among the Six Parties, but as always with substantial uncertainty about whether any of it mean...
Jun 22, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Hamburger Summit
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again bromance with Kim Jong-un is apparently on again. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee told a rally in A...
Jun 21, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Kim and Yang and Lankov on the Rise of the Informal Economy
We are currently in a holding pattern, waiting to find out whether the closure of Kaesong, multilateral and bilateral sanctions and the designation of...
Jun 17, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Global Value Chain Revolution and Trade Policy
Richard Baldwin, professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, discussed the the global value chain revolution and trade pol...
Jun 14, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Republican Foreign Policy Statement
Last week, Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled a 25-page foreign policy strategy document at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he was joined by House Maj...
Jun 13, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Hazel Smith’s North Korea: Markets and Military Rule
Hazel Smith has written a sweeping book on North Korea that summarizes her long engagement with the country entitled—quite simply—North Korea: Markets...
Jun 10, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Brazil's Fiscal High Dive into Olympics 2016
The Olympic Games may offer Brazilians a temporary reprieve from the bad economic news plaguing the country, but Monica de Bolle says the respite will...
Jun 09, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korean Forced Labor in the EU
A few weeks ago VICE released a remarkable documentary on North Korean forced labor in Poland, which provides a unique glimpse into the scantly-report...
Jun 09, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
China Policy Communications Under Scrutiny as Economy Gains Global Prominence
Uncertainty about China’s economic future has underpinned a substantial portion of global market volatility of the past year, a trend complicated by c...
Jun 08, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
China's Market Economy Status and Antidumping: A $100 Billion, $10 Billion, or $1 Billion Dispute? Part 1
Despite its success as an export powerhouse, China has long protested that it has been relegated to the status of a “non-market economy” (NME) by the ...
Jun 08, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Screw Turns II: The Expansion of European Sanctions
On Monday, I talked about the new US Treasury designation. Last week, another shoe also dropped in the form of new European sanctions. The European Co...
Jun 08, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail