It’s hard to tell if US President Donald Trump’s trumpeting of “substantial progress” in trade talks, leading to a cozy weekend at Mar-a-Lago to sign a deal with Chinese president Xi Jinping, represents reality. Most observers, though, will be relieved by his decision to defer again his threat to escalate the US-China trade war and hike […]
Author Archives: Giovanni Di Lieto
Dr Giovanni Di Lieto teaches international trade law in the International Business program at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and engages in expert analysis on the geopolitics of trade and investment for media, industry and government outlets. His professional career developed as a commercial law practitioner in Italy, and then as a global value chain specialist across the US, Europe and China.