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Fred Hu is Chairman and Founder of Primavera Capital Group, a China-based global investment firm.

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  1. Preventing the Balkanization of the Internet
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    Preventing the Balkanization of the Internet

    Mar 28, 2018 Michael Spence & Fred Hu consider how regulation of digital technologies can avoid undermining economic openness.

  2. China’s $5 Trillion Opportunity
    Renminbi. Chinese currency.

    China’s $5 Trillion Opportunity

    Apr 19, 2016 Fred Hu & Jonathan Woetzel highlight the economy's massive scope for productivity gains.

  3. China’s Volatile Growth
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    China’s Volatile Growth

    Feb 28, 2016 Michael Spence & Fred Hu examine the factors driving uncertainty about the world's second-largest economy.

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    Russia’s Financial Crisis Must Come Sooner

    Simon Johnson shows why a low price cap for the country’s crude exports would render the Kremlin’s war economy untenable.
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    QE with Chinese Characteristics?

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng urge China to use monetary policy to tackle some of the biggest challenges it faces.
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    Why Europe and Latin America Need Each Other

    Josep Borrell

    In a world of giants, the EU and Mercosur together represent just 10% of the world’s population and 20% of global GDP. If either wants to wield global influence, it needs the other, making the EU-Mercosur trade agreement a strategic imperative.

     urge European Union and Latin American leaders to revive momentum toward a long-overdue trade agreement.
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    Let the WTO Referee Carbon Border Taxes

    Jeffrey Frankel shows how a revived World Trade Organization can play a central role in combating climate change.
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    Elon Musk’s Not-so-Hidden Agenda

    Jason Stanley thinks the mogul's takeover of Twitter reflects his interest in destroying all democratic information spaces.
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    Saadia Zahidi on government spending, debt distress, the Iran protests, and more

    Saadia Zahidi argues that social-safety nets must be customized and targeted to ensure efficiency, advocates a more responsible approach to deficit reduction and fiscal consolidation, describes the complex recipe for helping countries reap the benefits of greater female labor-force participation, and more.
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    The Birth of a New International Order

    Joschka Fischer sees global great-power relations taking shape around a Sino-American dominated pentarchy.
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    The World Cup Syndrome

    Raj Persaud reflects on the effects that loving the “beautiful game” can have on one’s health and finances.
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    Rebooting the World Bank

    Suma Chakrabarti & Chris Humphrey outline key reforms that could help the institution regain the trust of developing countries.

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