The Never-Ending Story of Negotiating With Beijing

The Never-Ending Story of Negotiating With Beijing
Rows of cars that will be exported at Yantai port, Shandong Province, China, on June 1, 2023. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Earlier this week, during her Beijing meetings, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she had reached an agreement with China to “launch intensive exchanges on balanced growth in the domestic and global economies.” If history is any guide, this is an empty agreement that will only delay the inevitable.

Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
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Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
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