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Setser on US-China Trade, Lessons from USTR, Economics of Great Powers, and Panda Diplomacy
Dec 12, 2023
Brad Setser, fellow at CFR and former USTR member, discusses China's growth trajectory, trade policy lessons, panda export controls, and debt negotiations in Zambia and Argentina.
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- China's export controls on pandas hinder global happiness and diplomacy, and sharing their genetic blueprint would benefit conservation efforts.
- While China's GDP may reach the same level as the US, it is unlikely to surpass it by a large margin due to various factors such as slowing convergence and demographic challenges.
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China's Pandemic Policies and Global Supply of Pandas
China's export controls on pandas are seen as a threat to global happiness and human diplomacy. The speaker believes that China should share the genetic blueprint of pandas and allow other countries to keep baby pandas born on their soil. The importance of obtaining a Chinese panda's genetic blueprint for second-generation American pandas is emphasized.
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