migration, Brexit, and the ravages of the COVID-19 virus, than it was in the 1990s. Paradoxically, China, India, Brazil, and … institutions, China's President Xi declared in his 2016 keynote address, "We must remain committed to developing global free trade … intensified rivalry between the United States and China, triggering a new economic cold war?" …

. Taking as its core focus the trade war between the USA and China, this book focuses impact on the rest of the world …

1. Editors' introduction : new perspectives on China, East Asia, and the global economy -- 2. The tribute trade system … maritime network from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries : China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia -- 6. Maritime Asia and … treaty port networks in the Era of Negotiation : tribute and treaties, 1800-1900 -- 7. Foreign trade finance in China …