Channing Arndt is a Senior Research Fellow at United Nations University. Arndt has worked with governments in Africa and Asia to form and monitor development strategy. He has 25 years of experience in development economics, with seven years combined resident experience in Morocco and Mozambique. Arndt is co-editor of a forthcoming book, The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions (Oxford University Press).
Trump’s talk of increasing trade barriers and disdain for global organizations and agreements could create a more isolationist US, leaving China to fill the gap
Delhi’s go-to guy for talking to Beijing is one of the few Indian leaders who openly advocate closer ties
China will take full advantage of the American shift to press its own trade vision--the Beijing-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
During a meeting in Peru, Xi Jinping praised outgoing President Obama for strengthening ties between the two nations
“We cannot forget China’s aggression towards us. They bumped our boats, they fired their water cannons on us"
Many Asian economies will benefit less under a China-led trade pact than they would have done under the now-doomed TPP, analysts argue
Alvin Lin is the Climate and Energy Policy Director for the China Program at the National Resource Defense Council, where he focuses on analyzing China’s climate and clean energy policies and advocating for their continual improvement. His areas of expertise include the environmental impacts of coal and shale gas development, energy efficiency technologies, nuclear power safety regulations, and air pollution law and policy. Prior to joining NRDC, Lin worked as a litigator and a judicial clerk in New York City. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a Master’s from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a JD from New York University. He is based in Beijing.
City-dwellers in China and the United States are among the greatest beneficiaries of the international trade deals President-elect Trump says he’s against, but the two groups responded differently to the outcome of the U.S.
