Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific
Author: Dong Dong Zhang, ANU
The US–China trade deal announced on 12 May is another clear sign of warming official relations between the United States and China. The deal is an early harvest of the 100 day plan that Xi proposed to Trump to help the United States expand its exports to China. Read more…
Author: Allan Gyngell, ANU
When the Australian government announced plans for a foreign policy White Paper to provide a ‘comprehensive framework to guide our international engagement over the next 5 to 10 years’, it must have known what a difficult task it had set itself. Read more…
Author: Editors, East Asia Forum
International trade and investment lifts living standards. The evidence for this is irrefutable. And modern economic development is not possible without opening up to international markets, competition and capital.
Author: Roberto Azevêdo, WTO
Trade has long proven to be an engine for growth and development, and in recent decades the countries of East Asia and the Pacific have been major beneficiaries of this phenomenon. However, many are arguing that this engine of growth and development is in need of repair. Global trade is facing challenging times. In 2016, world trade grew at 1.3 per cent, the slowest pace since the financial crisis. Read more…
Author: Galen Murton, University of Colorado
April 2017 marked the two-year anniversary of the powerful earthquakes that devastated Nepal and set the stage for China to act as a global humanitarian player. The earthquakes inflicted significant damage in Nepal’s central and northern districts and motivated Beijing to mobilise its largest-ever humanitarian effort on foreign soil. Read more…
Author: Kerryn Baker, ANU
French voters overwhelmingly chose the centrist Emmanuel Macron ahead of the far-right nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen in the runoff presidential election. For the three French Pacific territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna, this presidential term looks to be a period of political uncertainty and transition. Read more…
Author: Peter Mayer, University of Adelaide
There is no painless way for an incumbent political party to lose an election, especially if it appears that its former supporters have abandoned it. Read more…
