Eswar Prasad, the preceding head of the International Monetary Fund of China, stated that an economic decoupling of the United States and China is far away, however deviating from a U.S.-centric structure gives interests to Beijing.
The current trade professor at Cornell University, Prasad, mentioned, “These two economies are still quite closely tied. After all, it’s very hard for the two largest economies in a way to stop bumping into each other in various dimensions.”
Prasad added in his statement, that is the reason why society’s second-largest economic structure has been thrusting for further use of the Chinese yuan currency in rectifying commerce.
China is also opening up its capital markets to overseas consumers with a great endeavor and liberalizing its exchange rate establishment.
“That is going to be tied in with domestic capital market development, which Chinese leaders know is going to be crucial for China’s sustained growth in the future.”
Eswar Prasad, former IMF Head of China
With strains constricting, “the great power dynamics” in the middle of the United States and China are becoming extra fascinating, Prasad said.
He mentioned that while China seems to obtain the upper hand previously in the pandemic, it is now exhibiting some setback in resistance to its political effect in an international setting like Australia, which stunned the Chinese administration.
Beijing perceived that “the political control and the economic control they had over much of Asia and other parts of the world would stand in good stead,” added Eswar Prasad.
However, he clarified that international places seem to require to push the reset button now.
“The difficulty for most other countries that want to get away from China’s grasp is that they don’t have an alternative that they can trust. The U.S. used to play that role, it doesn’t quite play that role anymore, so many countries are floundering in striking this delicate balance between maintaining good relations with China and the U.S., but we are certainly seeing a reset beginning to take place.”
Eswar Prasad
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