One of my favorite thought leaders (Nobel Prize winner), Paul Krugman, explains how he thinks about the current China syndrome, and why he believes that most of the responses that he hears from fans are missing the point.
He focuses on three questions:
The macroeconomics of Chinese currency intervention, the fallacies of elasticity pessimism, and the political economy issue of how to deal with Chinese intransigence.
Did you know that the Executive Office of the President of the United States has a blog under the Office of the United States Trade Representative?
Well either did I until today.
About them:
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of more than 200 committed professionals with decades of specialized experience in trade issues and regions of the world.Visit the blog here. For the home page of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, go here. To get a glimpse of the recent 2009 Trade Policy Agenda Report, go here.We negotiate directly with foreign governments to create trade agreements, to resolve disputes, and to participate in global trade policy organizations. We also meet with governments, with business groups, with legislators and with public interest groups to gather input on trade issues and to discuss the President's trade policy positions.
USTR was created in 1962 and has offices in Washington, Geneva, and Brussels.
Thank you for highlighting the ITA Blog but if you could please replace the old emblem (as shown at the very top) with the new one (seen here: http://trade.gov/trade-topics.asp) that has been in use since 2007, we would very much appreciate your support.
Many thanks,
Office of Public Affairs
International Trade Administration
