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  • As G20 leader, can we expect China to help reverse global protectionism?

    31 August 2016

    Can China Mitigate Rising Global Protectionism?

    As China assumes G20 leadership, the prospect of global “protectionism” is on the rise and the stakes could not be higher for cooperation and major structural reforms. Without continued investment and trade, secular stagnation in advanced economies and growth deceleration in emerging economies will continue to broaden.

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  • It's China's turn to shape governance reform.

    30 August 2016

    Another Shot at Global Governance Reform

    At the end of the twentieth century, China was an observer of global governance, on the sidelines of the G7 and not yet a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Encouraged by Western countries to embrace global governance, China has become much more proactive in pushing global cooperation since the G20 was founded. As president of the G20 for 2016, China has an unprecedented opportunity to provide impetus to global development.

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  • The nuclear pledge NFU creates an awkward situation for the U.S. in Asia.

    24 August 2016

    The Complex Nature of a Nuclear Pledge

    Barack Obama began his presidency with a dramatic gesture, which captured the world’s imagination and won him the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking in Prague in 2009, he declared that the United States would work towards abolishing nuclear weapons. Since then, for over seven years, nothing has happened. Now that might be about to change.

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