Commentary from the Web, Week 49, 2020

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

After eight years of negotiations, fifteen countries formed the world’s largest trading bloc on the sidelines of this year’s ASEAN summit. It’s called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, and is made of ten Southeast Asian countries as well as China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. 

CGTN’s Anand Naidoo moderates a panel discussion on the world’s largest free trade deal.

 

Chinese in America: From Finance, Filmmaking to Philanthropy

Peng Zhao and Jenny Shi discuss their personal experiences as Chinese students in America; how they came to make the documentary Finding Yingying; the importance of telling and humanizing stories like Yingying’s in the current geopolitical moment; and the many contributions that Chinese populations continue to make to this American life.

This is a Youtube video of a webinar from SupChina, a New York-based, China-focused news, information, and business services platform.

 

US-China: New rules of engagement

The Official Monetary and Financial Forum’s Mark Sobel summarises the views of eight American financial experts on US-China relationships under President-elect Biden. They all recommend constructive re-engagement with China by the Biden administration.

The commentary published by OMFIF may be found here.