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China Is Losing Leverage

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China Is Losing Leverage
A Chinese vendor sells sneakers and shoes in the street in front of a sign showing Chinese leader Xi Jinping with "China Dream" written on it, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China, on April 9, 2017. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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While Beijing makes diplomatic gains in Europe and the Middle East, and Washington worries over China’s growing navy, the country’s economy is losing influence, especially in the United States.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
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