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March 10, 2024

China
China’s Record Manufacturing Surplus

The U.S. likes talking about the dominance of the dollar. But don’t short-change China’s current dominance of manufacturing trade. Trade imbalances need to be taken seriously again.

Manufactured Goods Surpluses
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser, Michael Weilandt, and Volkmar Baur Follow the Money

May 10, 2013

Asia
Emerging Voices: Sir Michael Barber on Improving Education in Pakistan

Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Sir Michael Barber, who is t…

pakistan education michael barber
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Isobel Coleman Development Channel

August 2, 2005

Economics
Tim Adams, the new Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs

is at least making the right noises ...  The informal institutions that help govern the global economy - institutions like the G-7 -- do need to evolve.   So do the formal institutions for global e…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 3, 2006

China
Grassley-Baucus-Adams? And (another) long rant about the Economist …

The Treasury doesn't want to declare China to be guilty of manipulation.   Picking a fight with one of your biggest creditors isn't smart.  Right now, no one is buying more US debt (China buys a lot …

Grassley-Baucus-Adams? And (another) long rant about the Economist …
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

November 24, 2005

China
Tim Adams of the US Treasury has a sophisticated China policy but …

the tone of this Economist article (particularly in the last few paragraphs) seemed a bit off - though it is far better than the Economist's leader, which somehow fails to assign any responsibility t…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money