| Organization | Date | Title | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cato Institute | 05.4.10 |
Manufacturing Discord Daniel Ikenson Frictions in the U.S.-China relationship are nothing new, but they have intensified in recent months. This paper examines the U.S.-China economic relationship and some of its high-profile sources of friction, distills the substance from the hype, and... |
U.S.-China Relations, Economic Relations, Economic Policy |
| Congressional Research Service | 04.15.10 |
East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy Dick K. Nanto The global financial crisis, the end of the Cold War, the rise of China, globalization, free trade agreements, the war on terror, and an institutional approach to keeping the peace are causing dramatic shifts in relationships among countries in East Asia... |
Regional Politics, Free Trade, Security, Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 04.1.10 |
Determinants of China’s Private Consumption: An International Perspective Kai Guo and Papa N'Diaye Gauges the key determinants of China's private consumption in relation to GDP using data on the Chinese economy and evidence from other countries' experiences. The results suggest there is nothing "special" about consumption in China. Rather, the... |
Consumption, Interest Rates |
| Cato Institute | 03.24.10 |
Appreciate This: Chinese Currency Rise Will Have a Negligible Effect on the Trade Deficit Daniel Ikenson This report argues that the Obama administration and Congress should consider whether RMB appreciation would even lead to the outcomes they desire—namely, more balanced trade. The evidence does not support their objective. Although the short-term... |
Currency, Renminbi, Trade |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 03.1.10 |
Public Expenditures on Social Programs and Household Consumption in China Emanuele Baldacci, Giovanni Callegari, David Coady, Ding Ding, Manmohan Kumar, Pietro Tommasino, and Jaejoon Woo This paper argues that increasing government social expenditures can make a substantive contribution to increasing household consumption in China. The paper first undertakes an empirical study of the relationship between the savings rate and social... |
Social Programs |
| Congressional Research Service | 02.4.10 |
The 2009 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meetings and U.S. Trade Policy in Asia Michael F. Martin Congress and the Executive Branch have historically identified the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) as potentially important in the promotion of liberalized international trade and investment in Asia, and possibly the rest of the world. The... |
Economic Policy, Trade |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 01.1.10 |
China: Does Government Health and Education Spending Boost Consumption? Steven Barnett and Ray Brooks Consumption in China is unusually low and has continued to decline as a share of GDP over the past decade. A key policy question is how to reverse this trend, and rebalance growth away from reliance on exports and investment and toward consumption. This... |
Consumption, Economic Growth, Savings |
| Congressional Research Service | 12.11.09 |
China’s Economic Conditions Wayne M. Morrison Since the initiation of economic reforms and trade liberalization thirty years ago, China has been one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and has emerged as a major economic and trade power. The combination of large trade surpluses, FDI flows, and... |
Economic Crisis, Finance, Trade, World Trade Organization, Reform Era, Economic Policy |
| Congressional Research Service | 12.7.09 |
China’s Currency: A Summary of the Economic Issues Wayne M. Morrison, Marc Labonte Some Members of Congress charge that China’s policy of accumulating foreign reserves (especially U.S. dollars) to influence the value of its currency constitutes a form of currency manipulation intended to make its exports cheaper and imports into China... |
Renminbi, Currency, Economic Crisis, Exchange Rates, Monetary Policy |
| Congressional Research Service | 11.25.09 |
China’s Assistance and Government-Sponsored Investment Activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia Thomas Lum In recent years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has bolstered its diplomatic presence and garnered international goodwill in the developing world through financing infrastructure and natural resource development projects, assisting in the execution... |
Africa, Latin America, Investment, Southeast Asia, Foreign Aid |