Why will Trump lose the trade war?

ABSTRACT

The escalating U.S.–China trade conflicts have increasingly shadowed the outlook of the world economy. The Trump administration aims to achieve its strategic goals including reducing current account deficits, promoting the U.S. manufacturing sector, and curbing Chinese high-tech industries by waging the trade war against China. This paper argues that the current account deficits and the declining manufacturing sector in the U.S. are mainly driven by its internal structural factors, such as low saving rates, high labor costs, and rising service sector, rather than by the import competition from China. Moreover, the trade war further deteriorates the U.S. current account deficits and erode its comparative advantage, and it forces China to invest more in technological innovation and human capital, and thus promote its progress in high-tech industries. Thus, the U.S. will not be able to achieve its strategical goals and eventually lose the trade war.     

Self‐help in housing and chengzhongcun in China's urbanization

This article focuses on the housing issues of rural migrants arising from urbanization, with particular reference to chengzhongcun, a topic with considerable impact on policymaking. An attempt is made to understand the underlying rationale of self‐help in housing and the important role of chengzhongcun in sheltering rural migrants in the context of China's rural‐urban dichotomy. As demonstrated in this study, chengzhongcun accommodate, with little in the way of government resources and assistance, millions of rural migrants because of their social accessibility and affordability. While not denying their social problems, we argue that chengzhongcun in fact act as an innovative and positive agent to promote urbanization in present day China by housing massive numbers of rural migrants and assimilating them into cities. Current government policies towards chengzhongcun have generated a wide range of interest conflicts and confrontations. The consequences of such conflicts show that the government policies were problematic and unworkable, as they violated basic market principles as well as citizen rights. Policy strategy towards the redevelopment of chengzhongcun must acknowledge their credibility in the Chinese road to urbanization and requires more thoughtful and prudent consideration of migrants' demands for affordable housing.     

年薪制“两次喊停”告诉我们什么？

6年来,国企经营者年薪制改革两次因故受阻,这其中存在一些亟待解决的深层次问题。要理性认识年薪制改革当前的目标和作用,认识这一改革的艰巨性和长期性,突出重点,化解主要矛盾,推进年薪制改革顺利进行。     

生命周期评价方法及其应用

介绍了生命周期评价的目的、意义和基本方法，并运用该方法对燃煤发电、废纸造纸、废旧塑料气化发电等几种不同工业过程的环境影响进行了分析。     

提升服务能力服务行业发展

莫斯科大停电事故发生后,中电联专门请国家电网公司调度中心主任栾军同志和清华大学鲁宗相博士为本部副处级以上干部讲课。两位同志对莫斯科停电事故及俄罗斯电网的规划、建设、调度和管理等方面存在的问题进行了系统的阐述。会上,赵希正理事长结合莫斯科停电事故,分析了电网安全形势,并对新形势下中电联的建设和作用发挥提出了具体要求。     

煤运吃紧暴露铁路运力不足

铁路运输纷纷告急 由于冬季以来气温急剧变化,2003年用电高峰提前到来,发电用煤需求随之剧增,而运力一时难以提高,导致许多电厂煤炭库存减少,煤炭中转港口场存减少.2003年11月份秦皇岛港日均到车较10月份日均减少346辆,由于煤炭调入不足,79种内贸煤炭绝大多数都出现短缺,煤炭运输持续迟滞.     

国企购并的基本原则、操作误区及矫正策略

国企购并是根据市场经济的原则对资源进行有效配置的重要手段,也是从总体上盘活国有经济的重要举措,其行为主体应该是企业,但却必须在政府的政策引导和国家的法律保障的范围内有序进行。在具体实践过程中,由于思想认识上的偏差,国企购并陷入了操作中的误区,政府自觉不自觉地充当了国企购并的主体。因此,要想进一步规范国企购并的操作,就必须尽快出台有针对性和可操作性的相关法律法规,明确政府与企业之间责、权、利的范围和边界。     

开拓进取培养应用型人才

高等职业教育发展到今天已经取得了显著的成果，教育工作者总结出了许多成功经验。我们认为以市场为导向、全力开拓办学领域是高等职业教育持续发展的源泉；“产学研”结合可增加教育效益；办学特色决定人才的竞争力和专业发展的生命力。高等职业教育只有全力开拓办学领域和不断扩大市场，才具有旺盛的生命力，才能健康、快速地向前发展。     

金融效率视角的中国农村金融体制创新研究

当前农村金融效率低下已经成为中国金融体制的“软肋”和解决“三农”问题的重要障碍, 因此必须从金融产权、金融结构、金融价格、金融业务、金融业内部管理、外部环境等方面入手, 全面推动农村金融创新, 才能从根本上提高中国农村金融的运行效率。     

浅析高校后勤财务管理

高校后勤财务管理存在资产流失严重、收入与成本费用核算不够规范、财务管理制度不够完善、工作效率不高等问题，应采取理顺关系、改变观念、建章立制、规范管理、转变职能、加强队伍建设等措施予以完善。