Global Economy
Central banks changing of the guard
Breaking tradition, President Donald Trump has not reappointed Janet Yellen to another term as chair of the US Federal Reserve. Elsewhere, central bank leadership is also in…
Economic diplomacy brief: Maldives showdown, selling infrastructure and feeding India
Chindian ocean
Security analysts may well outnumber sun-starved tourists doing Google searches for the Maldives after last week’s leadership showdown, which…
Commentary
'Message to Trump – no TPP renegotiation'
Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review (Photo: Washington Post/Getty Images).
Stephen Grenville
China’s economic gloom merchants
Markedly slower growth and imminent financial crisis have been the common dual predictions for China over the past decade. China’s growth has indeed slowed from its unsustainable…
Economic diplomacy brief: TPP rides again, students vs spies on campus, and Britain cools on China
New world order
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has long been a test of America’s self-image, going from the heart of the Asian “pivot” under Barack Obama to the bottom of the…
The World Bank loses an economist: demand was less than supply
The World Bank’s high-profile chief economist Paul Romer is leaving his job after only 15 months, “effectively immediately”. World Bank president Jim Yong Kim said, “I…
Don’t renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Australia was quick to welcome US President Donald Trump's casual comment that the US might be prepared to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership if a "substantially better" deal…
What a US–China trade war would look like
Sometime soon, US President Donald Trump will announce his plan to respond to what the administration calls China’s “economic aggression”. When he does, it is not only China that…
Behind the Australia–Canada ‘wine war’
Australia has formally lodged a complaint against restrictions some Canadian provinces have placed on the sale of imported wine in grocery stores, in what has been described,…
Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more
Davos men
With the North Korean nuclear threat seemingly sidelined until after the Winter Olympics at least, this geopolitical year is starting in a curiously similar way to last…