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Wing Thye Woo

Wing Thye Woo

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Wing Thye Woo, Vice President for Asia at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Davis and a research professor at Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur and Fudan University in Shanghai.

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  1. To De-Escalate US-China Tensions, Decouple Differently
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    To De-Escalate US-China Tensions, Decouple Differently

    Jun 19, 2023 Wing Thye Woo explains why the US and China should seek to detach trade policy from technology and national-security issues.

  2. Defusing the US-China Trade Conflict
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    Defusing the US-China Trade Conflict

    Jul 3, 2018 Wing Thye Woo examines what’s driving the deterioration of the world’s most consequential economic relationship.

  3. China’s Growth Odyssey
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    China’s Growth Odyssey

    Feb 17, 2017 Wing Thye Woo engages the views of Project Syndicate commentators, to ask whether China can avoid the “middle-income trap,” even as it reckons with Donald Trump’s presidency.

  4. A New Playbook for China and ASEAN
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    A New Playbook for China and ASEAN

    Jul 15, 2016 Chin Tong Liew & Wing Thye Woo urge Chinese leaders to negotiate territorial claims in the South China Sea with the entire bloc.

  5. Renminbi Rising?

    Renminbi Rising?

    Dec 12, 2013 Wing Thye Woo lays out the conditions that China must meet to internationalize its currency and turn Shanghai into a global financial center.

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    Europe Can and Must Resist Trump

    Zaki Laïdi explains how the European Union should respond to American imperial nationalism.
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    Bending the Arc of AI Development Toward Shared Progress

    Anne Bouverot outlines the French government's objectives for the AI Action Summit in Paris.
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    Developing Countries Need a New Approach to Long-Term Financing

    Hannah Wanjie Ryder & Kate Hampton propose reforms that would facilitate low-interest lending to fund critical climate and development goals.
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    Trump’s Smoke and Mirrors

    J. Bradford DeLong upbraids US journalists for refusing to distinguish bluster from genuine policy initiatives.
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    Why Does DeepSeek Matter?

    Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s release of a high-performance, low-cost artificial-intelligence platform has roiled financial markets and raised fundamental questions about the business models of American AI giants. Will the technology turn out to be a boon for competition in a critical industry, or should it be viewed as a geopolitical shot across the West’s bow?

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    Resisting Digital Feudalism

    Mariana Mazzucato calls for urgent action to shape the development of AI before it becomes another means of rent extraction.
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    World Order in a Time of Monsters

    Minouche Shafik

    A stable and cooperative global order cannot be built without first repairing broken national social contracts. While unequal and anxious countries become fertile ground for nationalism and selfishness, prosperous economies are more likely to foster generosity and support for international cooperation.

    highlights the critical importance of reinvigorating social contracts at the national level.
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    How Not to Respond to Trump’s Tariffs

    Dani Rodrik advises America’s trade partners not to embrace retaliation, because that would harm mainly themselves.
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    Europe Found Its Values and Lost Its Way

    Jean-Pierre Landau warns that the EU’s focus on high-level principles is undermining its economic dynamism and global influence.

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