{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Weekly Briefing from Capital Economics","title":"US–China trade war – What’s driving the latest escalation","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2140,"description":"In just a few days, US–China relations have taken a troubling turn. How did we go from the goodwill of the London and Madrid bilaterals to the current war of words, the threats and the counter-threats? Is this simply pre-APEC brinkmanship, or the start of a more fundamental breakdown in relations between Washington and Beijing? And how great are the risks of a miscalculation that spills over into the global economy? \nIn this special episode of The Weekly Briefing from Capital Economics, Group Chief Economist Neil Shearing and Head of China Economics Julian Evans-Pritchard discuss the past, present and future of US–China relations. They explore key questions, including:\n• What’s driving Beijing’s new controls on rare earths, and whether the government could reverse course\n• What’s wrong with US perceptions of China’s economic health – and why those perceptions could prove dangerous\n• How the global economy will need to keep adjusting to a fracturing US-China relationship\nAnalysis referenced in this episode\nThe fracturing of the Global Economy\nUS may revive plans to curb financial ties with China\nGlobal Economics Outlook: US leads, others lag, in uneven global economy\nCAP: Economy holding up, but growth remains weak\nChina’s push for innovation is not lifting productivity","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/k4wrAyzb9LdWZZe1LSeSSMxKx41PGd_uydFNbSPeNvI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYzVh/ZjA4OWMzZDgzNDVk/N2JiMzlkOGY3NzZl/OTE2Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}