Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis argued in their recently published book, "it is a conflict mainly between bankers and owners of financial assets on one side and ordinary households on the other — between the very rich and everyone else."
Trade Wars Are Class Wars (2020) provides a comprehensive and detailed overview on the development of the economic ills that define modern international political economy. By tracing the origins of today’s trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States in the past three decades, the authors present a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace—and what we can do about it.
The European Chamber is delighted to invite Michael Pettis, Senior Fellow in the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Professor of Finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, Co-Author of Trade Wars Are Class Wars (2020), joined by Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, London, for a discussion on Michael's new book, international politics, and the future of the global monetary system.
Agenda
Opening Remarks by Joerg Wuttke, President, European Chamber
Engaging and Interactive Dialogue hosted by Martin Wolf,Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, London
Q&A
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