Stewart Paterson, Economist and Author of "China, Trade & Power"

Stewart Paterson is an economist and banker and spent 25 years in capital markets as an equity researcher, strategist and fund manager. He has worked in London, Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore in senior roles with Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse First Boston, CLSA, among others. He is a senior research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation and author of "China, Trade & Power". It was this book which calls for a more realist assessment of trade arrangements with China that caught my attention when I read it several years ago. In this episode we discuss:How his views on China trade and investment changes over the yearsWhat the view is like from London and how UK is in many ways behind Australia and the United States in its understanding of China and a reassessment of trade more generallyWhat appropriate trading arrangements should be like with China going forward.