China's exchange-rate policy has been under attack in the last years, especially in the United States. Now the critique … between China's allegedly undervalued currency European Union's soaring bilateral trade deficit with China. This Policy Brief … discusses EU-China trade relations in the context of China's exchange-rate policy. Especially it scrutinizes the assumptions …

Over-estimated trade surplus -- On trade surplus from property rights -- Describing China's economic scale -- Foreign …

Introduction -- Nixon and Kissinger -- China reforms from 1978 to 1990 -- China from 1990 forward -- China's currency … manipulation -- US foreign direct investment (FDI) -- European foreign direct investment -- China foreign direct investment in the … United States -- China foreign direct investment in Europe -- US trade policies and trade balances with China in the 1990s …

"This book shows the impact of the recent trade tensions between China and the US on the world trade order, and how … consequences of these "adjustments" in shaping new equilibriums. After 40 years, China has transformed into an economic superpower … the rise of China as a threat to its predominance and interests. However, China's development and its increasing economic …