FutureofUSChinaTrade.com

Episodes

1. 21

   Interview with Peter D. Sutherland, S.C., K.C.M.G., Chairman and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International, former Director General of the GATT

   I’m deeply disappointed with where we are and I blame the big traders, China and the U.S. in particular.

   Jan 4, 2013

   22m
2. 20

   Interview with Pat Choate, Economist, former vice presidential candidate, author most recently of Saving Capitalism

   So the reality is that because the WTO is a rules-based system, the image of the Anglo-American model, it is structurally incompatible with the rising economic systems of the world.

   Dec 11, 2012

   31m
3. 19

   Interview with Norman R. Augustine, retired chairman and chief executive officer of the Lockheed Martin Corporation and author of Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America...

   So I think it’s important to have a stabilizing effect like the WTO, as imperfect as it is, to at least try to bring people together as opposed to letting each nation go out on its own.

   Dec 11, 2012

   16m
4. 18

   Interview with Keith Rockwell, Director, Information and External Relations Division, World Trade Organization

   That’s one of our rules here is to try and provide some guidance in terms of rules of what you can and cannot do.

   Dec 11, 2012

   52m
5. 17

   Interview with Dick Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade, Congressional Research Service

   For Chinese policymakers, foreign direct investment is a tool, not an end in itself.

   Dec 11, 2012

   33m
6. 16

   Interview with Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, author most recently of The Betrayal of American Prosperity

   That’s why you have trade imbalances – because the system is not working.

   Dec 11, 2012

   15m
7. 15

   Interview with Bob Davis, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal

   It’s amazing to me, given that the WTO has no power whatsoever and can’t force a country to do anything, that countries generally live up to their obligations under the WTO.

   Dec 11, 2012

   30m
8. 14

   Audio Interview with Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

   China gained the benefits of the WTO – which is to get access to markets – but they also got protection from the WTO.

   Dec 10, 2012

   33m
9. 13

   Interview with Jigar Shah, President of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE)

   Jigar Shah, President of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) and co-founder of SunEdison, talks about the anti-subsidy and anti-dumping trade case against China. He argues that if China loses the case, that won’t bring solar panel manufacturing back to the U.S. But it will increase…

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   May 15, 2012

   23m
10. 12

    Audio Interview with Geng Xiao: China Must Allow Flexibility in its Exchange Rate, and in its Interest and Inflation Rates Too

    FutureofUSChinaTrade.com director Molly Castelazo recently spoke with Geng Xiao, Director of Columbia Global Centers / East Asia in Beijing, about his vision of the future of trade between the U.S. and China. He explained that the enormous productivity gains that China has been realizing (as it...

    Nov 16, 2011

    34m
11. 11

    Audio Interview: Derek Scissors on the Value of the Yuan, U.S. Unemployment, and the American Budget Deficit

    On November 7, 2011, FutureofUSChinaTrade.com director Molly Castelazo spoke with Derek Scissors, a research fellow for economics in The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center, about his view that there is no real connection between the value of the yuan and U.S. unemployment. According to...

    Nov 16, 2011

    27m
12. 10

    Audio Interview: Dan Ikenson on the Value of the Yuan and the Size of the Bilateral Trade Deficit

    On November 8, 2011, FutureofUSChinaTrade.com director Molly Castelazo spoke with Dan Ikenson, associate director of the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, about what he sees as a lack of recent evidence to support the premise of an inverse relationship between…

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    Nov 16, 2011

    36m
13. 9

    Audio Interview: Joseph Gagnon on a $400-500 Billion Trade Distortion, and Taxing Chinese-Held U.S. Assets to Eliminate the Distortion

    On November 9, 2011, FutureofUSChinaTrade.com director Molly Castelazo spoke with Joseph Gagnon, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C., about his view on the size of the trade balance distortion caused by China’s manipulation of the value of the...

    Nov 16, 2011

    23m
14. 8

    Audio Interview: Gil Kaplan on the Effects of Currency Manipulation on U.S. Manufacturers, and What Policymakers Could Do About It

    On November 11, 2011, FutureofUSChinaTrade.com director Molly Castelazo spoke with Gil Kaplan, a partner at the Washington D.C. law firm King & Spalding in the International Trade Practice Group, about Gil’s view on the size of the distortion caused by an undervalued yuan, which he called...

    Nov 16, 2011

    20m
15. 7

    Audio Interview: Alan Tonelson on China’s Currency Policy Disadvantages US-made Products and Costs American Jobs

    On October 26, 2011, FutureofUSChinaTrade.com director Molly Castelazo caught up with Alan Tonelson, Research Fellow at the U.S. Business & Industry Council Educational Foundation, to talk about China’s currency policy, which Tonelson says keeps the RMB significantly undervalued relative to the...

    Nov 7, 2011

    43m
16. 6

    Audio Interview: Michael Pettis on Why China Needs to Switch Its Growth Model, and How to Do It

    FutureofUSChinaTrade.com spoke with Michael Pettis, finance professor at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, about his vision of the future of trade between the U.S. and China. He argued that China needs to switch its growth model – from one dependent on investment and trade…

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    Oct 22, 2011

    27m
17. 5

    Audio Interview: Nobel Laureate Economist Ed Prescott on the Gains from Trade

    FutureofUSChinaTrade.com spoke with Nobel Laureate economist Ed Prescott about his vision of the future of trade between the U.S. and China. He explained the importance of economic openness and the role of multinational corporations in producing gains from “trade.”

    Oct 22, 2011

    13m
18. 4

    Audio Interview: Former Intel China President Jim Jarrett on American Competitiveness

    We spoke with expert commentator Jim Jarrett about his vision of the future of trade between the U.S. and China. He argued that “fundamentally, this isn’t a China issue; it’s a U.S. competitiveness issue,” then offered his advice on ways that the U.S. can be a more effective contender in what he...

    Oct 22, 2011

    18m
19. 3

    Audio Interview: Former BP China President Gary Dirks

    June interview with Gary Dirks, former president of BP China.

    Jul 14, 2011

    27m
20. 2

    Audio Interview: Former Intel China President Jim Jarrett

    May 2011 interview with Jim Jarrett, former president of Intel China.

    Jul 14, 2011

    28m
21. 1

    Audio Interview: Former Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens

    "China is investing in themselves. Without investment you don’t have real income growth. Without real income growth the standard of living starts to go down. So I’m worried."

    Jul 6, 2011

    12m