Dan Steinbock
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Dr. Steinbock is Guest Fellow of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). He also has affiliations with think-tanks focusing on the United States, Europe and India. For more see: http://www.differencegroup.net |
October 9, 2015
- TPP presents three possible scenarios
- The recent Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement presents Asia with good, bad and ugly scenarios.
October 2, 2015
- China's new global role
- The recent Washington summit took the U.S.-China relations onto a new level.
September 15, 2015
- Yuan’s inclusion could spark big reshuffle
- The inclusion of the renminbi in the currency reserve basket is only a matter of time. It could trigger a US$1 trillion reallocation of global reserve portfolios.
September 7, 2015
- The internationalisation of the renminbi
- The internationalisation of the renminbi is accelerating. The inclusion of the yuan in the IMF basket of reserves is now a matter of time.
August 28, 2015
- Market volatility heralds hikes in US Fed's rate
- Recent market volatility in the US was not triggered by China's devaluation. Rather, it precipitates the Fed's impending rate hikes.
August 14, 2015
- China's Victory Day
- As China prepares to commemorate WWII Victory Day, it's time for the West to reassess China's critical role in the triumph and its own historical amnesia.
August 12, 2015
- Fears of impending interest-rate hike tarnish gold
- Most observers have explained gold's plunge with a set of drivers. The problem is, at closer inspection, each proves elusive.
August 11, 2015
- Challenge of frugal and green Winter Olympics
- In the past, the Winter Olympics were dominated by advanced economies. As emerging economies join in, the games are gradually becoming truly global.
August 7, 2015
- The Trans-Pacific divisions
- When and if the TPP will be completed, economic gains will be moderate. However, a TPP without China would have substantial geopolitical implications. Truly inclusive, free trade is a different story. But that’s not what the TPP is about.
August 5, 2015
- Oil price turbulence rattles global economy
- The good news is that plunging oil prices support Chinese economic reforms and thus the rebalancing from investment and exports to consumption and innovation.
