Spotlight on China Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Visit

Join the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) as they host Jeremy Haft for an armchair discussion that will dive into the ins and outs of the current economic relationship between China and the United States. The armchair discussion will be followed by an open Q&A session and a book signing once the program concludes.

Washington International Trade Association (WITA)

Armchair Discussion with 
Jeremy R. Haft

Author of
Unmade in China

Discussion Moderated by: 
Pietra Rivoli
Professor of Finance and International Business
at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Author of 
Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy 

 
Join WITA as we host Jeremy Haft for an armchair discussion that will dive into the ins and outs of the current economic relationship between China and the United States. Mr. Haft will address the view of China’s slowing economy from the front lines and the dangers and opportunities this poses to American businesses.  The armchair discussion will be followed by an open Q&A session and a book signing once the program concludes. 

To those who've already written off the next hundred years as the "China Century," Unmade in China shows a view from the front lines that turns the Rising China/Declining America narrative on its head. 
 
If you look carefully at how things are actually made in China - from t-shirts to toys, baby formula to bridges - you see a reality that contradicts every widely held notion about the world's so-called economic powerhouse. China is not a manufacturing juggernaut. It's Lilliputian, often decades or even a century behind the US in capability.  Nor is China a job killer.  It's a vast consumer of American goods and services, supporting millions of US jobs.

Informed by years of experience building companies in China, entrepreneur and Georgetown University business professor Jeremy Haft lifts the lid on the hidden world of China's supply chain, revealing a startling picture of an economy that struggles to make a toy safely, much less a nuclear power plant.  China's manufacturing and agricultural sectors are hamstrung by systemic risk - a combination of unsafe raw material inputs, weak corporate governance, un-rationalized supply chains, and ineffective government regulation.

This structural risk hinders China's ability to compete with the United States, creates danger for Americans who consume China's products, but also presents opportunities.  Unmade in China reveals why China's challenges are both really bad and good news for America.
 
Book Reviews

"China's economic future will determine the world's future. This important book makes new factually grounded arguments about the challenges China faces. Its arguments deserve attention from anyone with a stake in our economic future."
Lawrence H. Summers, former Treasury Secretary and President Emeritus, Harvard University

"Challenging conventional wisdom of China's economic supremacy, Haft deftly and entertainingly uncovers how systemic risk in China's economy actually creates millions of jobs in the United States. Unmade in China is a must-read for global policy makers, business leaders, and anyone who wants to understand the US−China trade relationship."
Richard Gephardt, former Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives

"A clear-eyed view of the challenges that lie ahead for China in this turbulent 21st Century, Jeremy Haft has the facts and figures to back up his myth-debunking analysis of the Chinese economy and its impact on the USA.  A must read for geopolitical thinkers seeking ground truth about a very fragile economy."
Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret) Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009−2013 and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

About the Author

Jeremy R. Haft has been starting and building companies in China for two decades across the breadth of China's economy - from light and heavy industries to agriculture.  He is the author All the Tea in China: How to Buy, Sell, and Make Money on the Mainland, which details best practices for importing, exporting, and doing business in China.  Prior to his China experience, Haft was a founder of one of the first Internet agencies in Silicon Alley, Manhattan, which was ranked in the nation's top five by Forrester Research in 1997.

An adjunct professor at Georgetown University who lectures in both the Business and Foreign Service Schools, Haft's analysis on China trade has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, NBC, CBS, and ABC, CNN, CNBC, Fox, and National Public Radio, among others.  Haft is CEO of SafeSource Trading and Co-Founder and Chairman of Caracal Strategies.
 

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