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A WTO member’s home is its castle

by Jing HsiaoTradeAugust 13, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Sunayana Sasmal and Petros C Mavroidis, Columbia University. Trade policy and national security policy are interconnected. The World Trade Organisation (WTO), which replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and…

United States and China vie for influence in Indo-Pacific

by Jing HsiaoInternational RelationsAugust 13, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Doug Strub, National Bureau of Asia Research The Biden administration’s launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations signals renewed US economic engagement in the region. The new framework…

China’s CPTPP bid reveals the political dimension of global trade ambitions

by Jing HsiaoInternational RelationsAugust 13, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Zhijie Ding, Columbia University and Wanjun Zhao, UC Berkeley In September 2021, China applied for membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This application came…

Japan’s low inflation conundrum

by Jing HsiaoEconomicsAugust 13, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Gunther Schnabl, Leipzig University Inflation rates have risen far above the targets of many central banks around the world, reaching 9.1 per cent in the United States and 8.6…

Soaring energy prices stunt decarbonisation in the Indian power sector

by Jing HsiaoDevelopmentAugust 13, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, ERIA India is the world’s second largest coal importer. It also imports 80 per cent of its crude oil and 45 per cent of natural gas demands….

Indonesia won’t go with the flow on data

by Jing HsiaoDevelopmentAugust 13, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Xirui Li, NTU Cross-border data flows have been a priority on the G20 agenda since 2019. This year is no exception. Indonesia, which holds the G20 Presidency in 2022,…

Waking up from the Japanese debt dream

by Jing HsiaoAsian VoicesAugust 13, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Toshiro Nishizawa, University of Tokyo Affordability matters for government debt because the burden is eventually passed onto current and future taxpayers through tax hikes or inflation. Japan’s general government…

Can minilateralism in the South China Sea finally generate progress?

by Jing HsiaoASEANAugust 9, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Maria Alynna Corinne M. Carlos, University of the Philippines The South China Sea (SCS) is highly prized for its economic and strategic value. Competing claims over the maritime area…

Pelosi’s visit could derail US–China compromise over Taiwan

by Jing HsiaoInternational RelationsAugust 9, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Swaran Singh and Yves Tiberghien, UBC There is plenty of blame to go around for the apparent fourth Taiwan Straits crisis of August 2022. Intensely partisan US politics have…

Ukraine war highlights differences between Indonesian and US foreign policy frameworks

by Jing HsiaoInternational RelationsAugust 9, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Ann Marie Murphy, Seton Hall University To many Americans who view Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an unprovoked war that must be opposed, Indonesia’s high levels of public support…

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