Summary of the General Discussion on “The Status of China's Market Economy and Structural Reforms: The Issues Behind the U.S.–China Trade War”

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December 01 2019 Summary of the General Discussion on “The Status of China's Market Economy and Structural Reforms: The Issues Behind the U.S.–China Trade War” Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2019 by the Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2019Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2019) 18 (3): 57–58. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00717 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Summary of the General Discussion on “The Status of China's Market Economy and Structural Reforms: The Issues Behind the U.S.–China Trade War”. Asian Economic Papers 2019; 18 (3): 57–58. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00717 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search The discussion began with Gamini Herath suggesting that the author discuss the likely impact of the 2018 tariffs on China's growth trajectory; would the tariffs result in a shift in China's chosen growth path? Deborah Swenson wondered how China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are going to perform in more dynamic sectors like aerospace and if the Chinese government planned to treat SOEs and private enterprises equally, as suggested in the paper. She seemed skeptical of the Chinese government's declaration that it will no longer confer special favors to SOEs. “Can a tiger change its stripes?” she asked. Prema-chandra Athukorala sought clarifications on three points. First, he asked about the status of the U.S. acceptance of the market economy status of China. The United States had agreed to consider this in 2016 but it appears not to have been done. Second, he noted that no data on subsidies given to the SOEs... You do not currently have access to this content.