Commentary

• Wang Huiyao: To Save Global Trade, Start Small

  Bloomberg Opinion ■ At this week’s meeting of the World Trade Organization, members should notch some modest victories to prove that the organization remains relevant.   Protectionism now has a new face.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg   By Wang Huiyao | Founder of the Center for Chi...
  Bloomberg  |  June 13 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: A World Data Organisation needed to avoid rules-based disorder

  From SCMP， 2022-6-8   ■ The politicisation and divergence of data governance regimes threaten to create a spaghetti bowl of incompatible systems that reduces trade, slows productivity and stifles innovation. ■ The world needs a ‘Bretton Woods for data’ to pave the way for an institution to...
  SCMP  |  June 08 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: Biden’s Indo-Pacific framework cannot succeed without China

  Joe Biden at the launch event of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in Tokyo on May 23: Formal cooperation with China on green infrastructure under IPEF may be a tall order.   © Reuters Professor Wang Huiyao is founder and president of the Center for China & Globalization.   On May 23...
  Nikkei Asia  |  May 28 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: Three reasons foreign policy driven by security concerns will make the world poorer and more dangerous

    ■ The world order that drove globalisation and allowed prosperity to spread is crumbling and being replaced with one based on security rather than economics. ■ New security arrangements can lead to a spiral of mutual suspicion, stifle growth and innovation, and hamper our ability to addre...
  SCMP  |  May 19 , 2022

• Wang Huiyao: Bretton Woods 2.0? Rebuilding Global Governance for the Post-pandemic Era

  “In the first half of the twentieth century, in the absence of effective global governance mechanisms, unchecked forces of fragmentation, economic hardship, and polarization led to two devastating world wars. To prevent this from happening again, after the Second World War, countries from around...
  CCG  |  April 28 , 2022

• Wang Huiyao: How Macron’s return as French president could be a win for both the EU and China

    ■ Macron has been championing ‘strategic autonomy’ for the European Union at a time when the need for the EU to come into its own as an independent force for peace and international cooperation is greater than ever. ■ His stance on China seems to be pragmatic and pro-business, recognising...
  SCMP  |  April 28 , 2022

• Japan should be open to China joining the CPTPP

  Leaders pose for a photo during the RCEP Summit in Thailand, in November 2019: CPTPP goes much further with tariff reductions and trade facilitation.   © Anadolu Agency/Getty Images   Professor Wang Huiyao is founder and president of the Center for China & Globalization and dean of the...
  NIKKEI Asia  |  April 26 , 2022

• Wang Huiyao: Why China is still a solid growth engine and safe harbour for multinationals amid rising anti-globalisation

  ■ Multinationals caught in geopolitical crossfire are finding that China continues to offer growth and opportunities, as long as they can find niches aligned with Beijing’s long-term development strategy. A giant screen shows a news conference by Premier Li Keqiang, following the closing session ...
  SCMP  |  March 24 , 2022