US-China Trade War – Background, Prospects and Implications

US-China Trade War – Background, Prospects and Implications

China and the US are locked in a major battle with huge implications for the global economic and political order. The battle is about trade, investment and technology transfer. The US is accusing China of unfair trade practices, of buying its way into strategic industries and of enforcing technology transfer by demanding Western companies share their knowhow with China. There are other issues such as Chinese “theft” of American intellectual property rights (IPR).  Even if there is a temporary truce American fears of a rising China and the consequences for US global supremacy (the Thucydides trap) are never far from the forefront.  Some scholars argue that the stakes are so high that a military conflict is unavoidable.

Scholars at CBS with deep research expertise on the US and China will discuss these issues at a public seminar on April 23, 3-5 pm, room Ks48 (Kilen).

Location: CBS, Kilen, Kilevej 14, room Ks48

Programme:
Welcome / Professor Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
The View from China / Professor Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
The View from the US / Professor Eddie Ashbee
“Made in China 2025”:  A threat to US technological supremacy / Postdoc Nis Høyrup Christensen
China’s ‘Going Out’ policy, Belt and Road Initiative and new international assertiveness / Professor Peter Gammeltoft

Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard is Professor, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, CBS. His current research interests are China’s political economy, including state-Party-business relations, cadre management, and the role of the Communist Party of China in the current modernization process.
Eddie Ashbee, Professor (MSO), Department of International Economics, Government and Business, CBS. His research focus is US elections and policymaking processes. He has recently turned to consider US foreign policy with particular reference to East Asia.
Peter Gammeltoft, Professor (MSO), Department of International Economics, Government and Business, CBS. His research interests include Chinese outward investment. Internationalisation of innovation to and from China.
Nis Høyrup Christensen, postdoc, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, CBS. He is currently researching Chinese state-capitalism, industrial policies, and strategic sectors.

The event is organised by Department of International Economics, Government and Business (EGB) and Asia Research Community (ARC)