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World Trade Is Still a Battle of Power

World Trade Is Still a Battle of Power
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen disembarks from a plane upon her arrival at the Baiyun International Airport in southern China's city of Guangzhou on April 4, 2024. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
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Janet Yellen’s China visit went with a clear agenda: Accusing China’s excess of capacity. As most can understand, the underlying accusation is China’s dumping, especially in several key areas, including electric cars and solar panels. These are the weaker areas for the U.S. (and also Europe), either lacking price competitiveness or being monopolized by China (China has lots of key patents in the products mentioned above). Objectively speaking, a few areas of trade cannot take up much of the total market share, and in fact, they only make up a single-digit level.

Law Ka-chung
Law Ka-chung
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Law Ka-chung is a commentator on global macroeconomics and markets. He has been writing numerous newspaper and magazine columns and talking about markets on various TV, radio, and online channels in Hong Kong since 2005. He covers all types of economics and finance topics in the United States, Europe, and Asia, ranging from macroeconomic theories to market outlook for equities, currencies, rates, yields, and commodities. He has been the chief economist and strategist at a Hong Kong branch of the fifth-largest Chinese bank for more than 12 years. He has a Ph.D. in Economics, MSc in Mathematics, and MSc in Astrophysics.
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