John Ross
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John Ross is Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. From 2000 to 2008 he was Director of Economic and Business Policy in the administration of the Mayor of London, a post equivalent to the current position of Deputy Mayor. He was previously an adviser to major international mining, finance and equipment manufacturing companies. |
March 15, 2021
- A turning point for China and the world
- After managing to control the pandemic and eliminate poverty domestically last year, China has now set its sights on further economic growth, becoming a high-income economy and curbing climate change.
November 5, 2020
- China sets its sights on becoming a high-income economy
- As China prepares to enter a new five-year plan period, it has now set the target of becoming a high-income economy.
March 11, 2019
- China's NPC tackles global slowdown and climate change
- China's GDP growth isn't the only significant target for 2019, as the nation rises to meet the larger goals of ending poverty and climate change.
August 9, 2018
- A trade war will cut US living standards
- This essay illustrates why we can expect the 2nd half of 2018 and early 2019 to be the optimal economic time for the Trump administration to put trade pressure on China.
July 26, 2018
- BRICS dependent on free trade for development
- This essay demonstrates how the BRICS, and other developing countries, have a powerful interest in maintaining the global framework established by the WTO and opposing moves to protectionism.
July 3, 2018
- Data shows China's strong support for the WTO
- China's trade-weighted average import tariff rate had fallen to 4.4 percent in 2015, only 1.5 to 2 percentage points higher than those of developed economies such as the U.S. and the EU.
June 8, 2018
- The SCO is a bastion of global stability
- Economic developments show China's emphasis on the development of the SCO is entirely realistic. The SCO is crucial not only for geopolitical and security reasons but also for the economic development of its member states.
May 13, 2018
- US data shows no underlying economic acceleration under Trump
- The upturn in the U.S. economy in 2018/19 is a normal business cycle development and there is no evidence from the U.S. data that Trump's policies have increased the GDP growth rate.
April 11, 2018
- Xi's Boao Forum speech shapes globalization agenda
- Xi Jinping's address at this year's Boao Forum firmly established China as a pillar of economic globalization at a critical moment.
February 24, 2018
- Xi Jinping's new book: An essential primer for understanding China
- For anyone wishing to understand China today, and its policy on international relations, there is no better starting point than the second volume of President Xi's The Governance of China, now published in English.
