All Roads Lead to China:

so, it goes without saying that when the Treasury Secretary diverts his plan to land in another country, a country who was looking at being called out as a “currency manipulator”, it is going to peak the interest of many. And it has.  Wall Street Journal was first on the scene with their piece Geithner [...]

In Foreign Affairs this month comes a piece by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called A Strategic Economic Engagement Strengthening U.S.-Chinese Ties . A state of affairs piece, the message throughout the article is clear. Regardless of who will be the next President of the United States, the SED needs to remain in place. With [...]

With the 4th round of the SED looming, much has been made about what to really expect from this – the last/ 2nd to last round under Bush and Co. – of the US China Strategic Economic Dialog. Many feel that while there are real issues to be resolved, it will be hard as the [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I announced that our second What if, What Else & What are the odds meeting would take place, and that we would discuss inflation. Well, tonight was the night, and for nearly 3 hours we debated the issue of inflation. Who was “we”? Well, “we” were 5 in total, and [...]

Joseph Quinlan has written a very interesting piece where he debunks a lot of the myths that Americans hear about the deficit, American FDI into China, and the RMB. According to Quinlan, these are the things everyone should know (Note: I have cut his article quite a bit to pull out keys to his argument [...]