Contents

Trade War

-The Anatomy of US-China Trade Balance by SHIN Kotbee

-What Will be China's Weapons in the Trade War Arsenal? by Dong Jinyue and Xia Le

-Evaluating the Impacts of China-US Trade Frictions on the RMB's Exchange Rate by Zhihuan E

-What Weapons Does China Have in the Trade War by Xia Le

-Trump's Trade Wars Are Incoherent, Angry and Misguided by Daniel J. Ikenson

-Trump Spends Billions in Taxpayer Dollars to Fix a Problem He Created by Simon Lester

-America and China: Destined for Conflict or Cooperation by John Glaser

-Trump's Ill-Conceived Trade Nostrums by Steve H. Hanke

Global Economy

-Tale of Two Creditors by David Marsh

-Making Returns on Knowledge by Otaviano Canuto

-Crude Oil's Relentless Price Climb by Steve H. Hanke

-US Fiscal Policy May Burst Asset Bubble by Desmond Lachman

-End of the 'Flat World' by David Skilling

China

-Where is the Bottom by Hong Hao

-China Economic Outlook: Third Quarter by Dong Jinyue and Xia Le

-China's International Investment Position by David Marsh

-China Timid on Renminbi Expansion by Herbert Poenisch

-Are We on the Verge of a Chinese Credit Crunch by Diego Zuluaga

-Beijing Won't 'Weaponise' the Renminbi by Robert Dohner

-Chinese Reform During a Trade War by Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng

Monetary Policy

-Argentina Should Scrap the Peso and Dollarize by Steve H. Hanke

-Powell Discounting External Risks by Desmond Lachman

-Finding Solutions to Target-2 Dilemma by Marcello Minenna and Edoardo Reciglio

-Central Banks Face 'Hot Breath' Over QE by David Marsh

-Merkel, Macron and Euro-CACs by Mark Sobel

FinTech

-EU, China Should Embark on Silk Road of Fintech by Ben Shenglin

-Renewed Interest in Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) by Herbert Poenisch

-How Innovation Drives Financial Inclusion by Diego Zuluaga

-FinTechs in China by Caroline Stem, Mikko Makinen and Zongxin Qian

-A Regulatory Approach to FinTech by Christine Lagarde

Working Paper

-Monetary Policy Transmission with Two Exchange Rates and a Single Currency by Qing He, Iikka Korhonen and Zongxin Qian

Call for Paper

-Economic and Political Studies: Call for Papers
-Economic and Political Studies: Special Issue Call for Papers