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Stephen S. Roach
By Stephen S. Roach - Nov 25,2018
NEW HAVEN — With charges flying back and forth between the United States and China ahead of the eagerly awaited December 1 meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping at the upcoming G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires, resolving the conflict has taken on great urgen
By Stephen S. Roach - Sep 25,2018
NEW HAVEN — Codependency never ends well in personal relationships.
By Stephen S. Roach - Sep 18,2018
NEW HAVEN — In an increasingly interconnected global economy, cross-border trade and financial-capital linkages have come to matter more than ever.
By Stephen S. Roach - Aug 06,2018
NEW HAVEN — November 2018 will mark the tenth anniversary of quantitative easing (QE), undoubtedly the boldest policy experiment in the modern history of central banking.
By Stephen S. Roach - Jun 26,2018
NEW HAVEN — With each passing day, it becomes increasingly evident that US President Donald Trump’s administration cares less about economics and more about the aggressive exercise of political power.
By Stephen S. Roach - May 24,2018
NEW HAVEN — The good news is that the United States and China appear to have backed away from the precipice of a trade war. While vague in detail, a May 19 agreement defuses tension and commits to further negotiation.
By Stephen S. Roach - Apr 28,2018
NEW HAVEN — On the surface, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer appears to have made an ironclad case against China in the so-called Section 301 report issued on March 22.
By Stephen S. Roach - Mar 31,2018
NEW HAVEN — The removal from the Chinese constitution of the provision limiting presidents to two five-year terms came as a shock to many.
By Stephen S. Roach - Oct 23,2017
China’s quinquennial Communist Party congresses are that rare event where ritual and dogma combine with introspection and strategy.
By Stephen S. Roach - Jul 20,2016
US politicians invariably bemoan trade as the enemy of the middle class, the major source of pressure on jobs and wages.The current presidential campaign is no exception: Republicans and Democrats alike have taken aim at both China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, holding them