Professor Elam

Monday Sept 16 2019

Recently we reviewed the concept of reserve currency, Smoot Hawley tariffs and the Bretton Woods 1944 agreement.

In this post we introduce you to Chinese efforts to dominate trade in the Far East. By the way note the front page article on China weaker than most thought in today's WSJ.

Asian Infrastructure investment Bank – Finance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Infrastructure_Investment_Bank

https://www.aiib.org/en/index.html

China's New Silk Road – Transportation

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/china-new-silk-road-explainer/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Silk-Road-trade-route

South China Sea – Spratley Islands

https://thediplomat.com/2016/05/south-china-sea-who-claims-what-in-the-spratlys/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spratly_Islands_dispute

Please read this for class discussion