The China Problem

Ed D'Agostino | Global Macro Update
February 7, 2025

“Conspiracies are hard to implement.”

That’s a quote from this week’s Global Macro Update special guest, Lyric Hughes Hale of econVue. Lyric is a respected CEO, research analyst, former journalist, and Asia expert.

Lyric notes that while it is tempting to view much of China’s actions toward the US through the lens of conspiracy, sometimes the reality is much simpler. Incompetence, human error, fear of superiors… there are often more plausible explanations for seemingly nefarious actions. 

 

With that as a backdrop, we discuss the impact of tariffs on US-China relations, as well as:

I hope you’ll take a moment to check out Lyric’s excellent website, econVue.

And of course, listen to our interview. Click the image below to watch on YouTube.

Get a transcript here.

 

Thanks for reading and watching.


Ed D’Agostino
Publisher & COO

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