U.S.-China Trade: From the Cold War to the Trade War
About the event:
“U.S.-China Trade: From the Cold War to the Trade War“
- What’s at stake in the U.S.-China trade war?
- The political history of U.S.-China trade
- Who is tougher on Chinese trade? Trump or Biden?
The Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE) and the UW-Madison Department of Economics are pleased to host a discussion by CROWE co-director Kim Ruhl, who also holds the Curt and Sue Culver Professorship in Economics at the UW-Madison Department of Economics.
This discussion draws on Professor Ruhl’s research on U.S.-China trade. More info: kimjruhl.com/research
Wednesday, April 24
4:30-5:30pm – lecture/Q&A
5:30-6:30pm – nacho bar
Grainger Hall – Plenary Room
975 University Ave.
Madison, WI
Free event. Seating is first-come/first-served.
Kim Ruhl is the Curt and Sue Culver Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, where he is the co-director of the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy. His research focuses on international economics, models of firm heterogeneity, and national income accounting (Google Scholar // IDEAS). He holds a B.S. in Economics from Bowling Green State University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota.
Ruhl is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a special sworn researcher at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, where he studies the ways that multinational firms produce and sell goods and services around the world.
He is currently a co-editor at the Journal of International Economics and an associate editor at the Review of Economic Dynamics. Among other things, Ruhl organizes the Atlanta International Workshop with Simon Fuchs, Federico Mandelman, and Vivian Yue.