China in the Americas
41 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA podcast exploring the growing economic, political and social relationships between China and the Americas. Hosted by Rasheed Griffith.
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To China or the Market? Commercial Creditors and Caribbean Debt Financing
July 26, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBTo China or the market? Why borrow from a Private lender instead of China? In this episode, Rasheed talks to Federico Sequeda about why international US-based commercial creditors invest in Caribbean bond markets. Federico Sequeda is Head of Country Research and Portfolio Manager for the Emerging Markets Team at Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance is a part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Key Points Include: Fundamental Debt Metrics Why governments may prefer private financing over conc...
Panamá-China Relations
July 20, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBThe Republic of Panama officially recognized the People's Republic of China in 2017. Ever since then, there has been a constant parade of op-eds from think tanks about the potential risk of China's advance in Central America. We are joined by Sebastian Naranjo, a PhD candidate at Renmin University in Beijing and an Asia Desk Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Panamá, to seek some truth from facts on this issue. Why did Panamá cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of the ...
Legal Dynamics of Sovereign Debt Markets
March 03, 2022 20:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBIMF Structural Adjustment Programs; Private Creditor Committees; Chinese bilateral loan contracts; Activist Hedge Funds; Paris Club vs China Development Bank. In foreign policy circles there is so much talk about Chinese bilateral loans in Latin America and the Caribbean (and globally). But there seems to be little understanding of the dynamics sovereign debt markets which have important players like private investors and the International Monetary Fund. To discuss all of this we are joine...
Dollarization Equals Economic Freedom
February 12, 2022 18:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBU.S Foreign Policy in the Caribbean seldom contemplates Monetary Policy. Domestic currencies in the Caribbean pervert economic freedom. Rather than being seen as economic imperialism, the spread of United States Dollars in the Caribbean should be seen as the spread of economic freedom. I am joined by Dr. DeLisle Worrell, former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados to discuss why all Caribbean currencies should be permanently retired in favor of adopting the USD as the sole currency throu...
Redux: China-LAC 2021 Top Stories
February 10, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBIn this episode I am joined by Ethan Knecht (author of The China-LAC Dispatch) and Mitch Hayes (author of The China Signal) for a roundtable discussion on what we think were the top stories of 2021 as it relates to China-Latin America & the Caribbean relations. Message/Follow me on Twitter: @rasheedguo (for more information on China in the Americas topics) Music: Silver Tongue Devil by Masego ft. Shenseea
The Canada-China Political Deep Freeze
August 21, 2021 03:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBFollowing the 2018 arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou 孟晚舟 on extradition charges to the USA, the political relationship of Canada and China has entered a "Deep Freeze" (as stated by David Mulroney, former Canadian Ambassador to China). In retaliation Chinese authorities arrested two Canadians in China; one of them recently sentenced to 11 years in jail. Earlier this year Canadian parliament declared that the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjing, China amounts to "genocide". What is the current la...
Small State Diplomacy and China
August 05, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBHow should the embassies of small states be structured to optimize their economic return in relation to China? This episode features Dr. Chelston Brathwaite, Barbados's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (2014-2017). Prior to that, Dr. Brathwaite served as the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Show Notes Dr. Brathwaite's recently published memoirs- Memories of China: My Eleventh Defining Moment Message/Follow me on Twitter: ...
A New Era in China's Development Finance to Emerging Economies
August 04, 2021 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBEarlier this year China published a white paper on its new approach to International Development Finance. Our guest, Stella Zhang, described this white paper as a "landmark document" in Chinese foreign policy. We discuss the implications of the document along with the nuances of how Chinese firms currently approach international contracting projects and financing. How will these firms operate differently going forward? How will Latin America and Caribbean countries capitalize on China's more...
Scott MacDonald on Bank De-Risking in the Caribbean and the New Cold War Debate
August 03, 2021 19:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBScott B. MacDonald is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is also the chief economist at Smith’s Research & Gradings. Prior to that, he was the head of research at MC Asset Management LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation; chief economist for KWR International and an international economic adviser in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in Washington, D.C. Show Notes The Return of the Cold War in the Caribbean by S...
Will China Be Cuba's Next Patron?
July 25, 2021 03:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBTo truly understand Sino-Cuban relations you need to understand the context of Cuba's relations with Venezuela, the US, and the former USSR. Why did USSR become the Patron of Cuba for most of the Cold War? Why did Venezuela step in to support Cuba after the USSR collapse? Just as the last cold war will Cuba be the nexus of the "New Cold War"? We discussed all of these questions. Dr. Bradley J. Murg is Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Director of Research, and ...
A Deep Dive on Banking with Chinese Lenders
June 14, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBKanyi Lui is a Taiwanese-Australian international finance lawyer based in Beijing. He is a Partner at Pinsent Masons with almost two decades of experience advising major financial institutions and borrowers on the development and financing of energy, natural resource, and infrastructure projects in emerging markets. He has particular expertise on projects falling within the ambit of China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI). Kanyi is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the ...
LTG Charles Hooper on China and US Security Cooperation
May 01, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBRetired Lieutenant General Charles Hooper is the Former Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (2017-2020). LTG Hooper was commissioned in 1979 as an infantryman. Since then his political-military assignments include: Assistant Army Attaché to China; the Deputy Division Chief, War Plans Division; Senior Country Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense; and U.S. Defense Attaché to the People's Republic of China among other prominent assi...
Economic History of the Caribbean since the Napoleonic Wars
March 27, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIt is impossible to have a serious and nuanced conversation on the Caribbean's engagement with China without understanding the historical context of the Caribbean economies. When we study the arc of Caribbean economic history, a wide-scale engagement with China (as the world's largest exporter and soon the largest importer) should not be seen as any kind of hard pivot but instead the continuation of the Caribbean's long-standing trade dynamic. However, we must avoid falling into the trap of...
Guangzhou to Barbados: Growing up Chinese in the Caribbean
March 24, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBBarbados is 91% Black. East Asians account for just around 0.1% of the country's population. In this episode I chat with my friend Lin Jiang (Jack) about his experience growing up and living in the Caribbean. He moved to Barbados when we was 7 years old and immediately had to deal with questions of identity and issues of racism that persist until today. Subscribe to China in the Caribbean Newsletter on Substack Message/Follow me on Twitter: @rasheedguo (for more info on China-Caribbean...
US-China Tech Competition & the Transpacific Experiment
March 24, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBFrom BYD buses in Barbados, Huawei infrastructure in Antigua, Surveillance tech in Jamaica, and ZTE in Cuba, the US-China tech competition dramatically affects the Caribbean. In this episode I am joined by Matt Sheehan to discuss these issues as well as his book: The Transpacific Experiment. He is a Fellow at MacroPolo, a think tank of the Paulson Institute. Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattsheehan88 Show Notes Remaking "Made in China": Beijing's Industrial Internet Ambitions by Matt Sheehan...
Ambassador Jackman on Caribbean Diplomacy with China
March 04, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this episode I am joined by Barbados's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Ambassador Francois Jackman. We discussed several major foreign policy and geopolitical themes centred on the Caribbean's diplomatic posture towards China and the North Atlantic. Ambassador Jackman on Twitter: @francoisjackman Show Notes Barbados Foreign Policy Fifty Years and Beyond by Amb. Jackman The Caribbean also needs to Pivot by Amb. Jackman CARICOM Council for Foreign and Com...
How the Caribbean Approaches Diplomacy with China
March 04, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this episode I am joined by Barbados's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Ambassador Francois Jackman. We discussed several major foreign policy and geopolitical themes centred on the Caribbean's diplomatic posture towards China and the North Atlantic. Ambassador Jackman on Twitter: @francoisjackman Show Notes Barbados Foreign Policy Fifty Years and Beyond by Amb. Jackman The Caribbean also needs to Pivot by Amb. Jackman CARICOM Council for Foreign and Com...
We're All In The Caribbean with Tyler Cowen
February 24, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBI'm now an Emergent Ventures Fellow! I've received a generous grant from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The grant will be used to develop this podcast and create more China-Caribbean relations content (newsletter coming soon)! This is all thanks to this episode's guest - Tyler Cowen. He is the Director of the Mercatus Center and an Economics Professor at George Mason University. Tyler is also the coauthor (along with Alex Tabarrok of the Marginal Revolution blog) and host of...
Does Washington D.C. Think About the Caribbean?
February 17, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThis episode features Wazim Mowla, a Program Assistant at the Atlantic Council Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Caribbean Initiative. Previously he worked at the Embassy of Guyana and the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in Washington DC. Wazim on Twitter: @WMowla Show Notes The Strange Saga of Taiwan's Short-Lived Office in Guyana Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Recommendations Latin America Confronts the United States: Asymmetry and Influence by Tom Long Island People: The Ca...
Sino-Venezuelan Relations with Parsifal D’Sola
February 13, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis episode features Parsifal D’Sola, a Chinese Foreign Policy analyst focused on Sino-Venezuelan relations. He is also the Founder and CEO of the Andrés Bello Foundation – China Latin American Research Center based in Bogota, Colombia. Parsifal of Twitter: @pdsola Show notes: China, Venezuela, and the New Silk Road in between China in the LAC: Digital Diplomacy During COVID-19 What is PetroCaribe? China-Latin America Finance Database Mercosur: South America's Fractious Trade Bloc ...
Black Panthers to Higher Brothers: Blackness and Anti-Blackness in China
January 31, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBWhy did the Black Panthers get offered asylum in China? Why did W.E.B Du Bois change his mind about Mao? In this episode I am speaking with Dr. Keisha Brown about Sino-Black Relations. Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University. She is a historian and Asian studies scholar whose work examines the representations of blackness in Modern China. Dr. Brown on Twitter: @DocKBrown85 Recommendations Teaching China Through Black History “Blackness in Exile: W.E.B. Du Boi...
Could the US and China go to War in the Caribbean?
January 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBIn this episode I will be talking with Dr. Evan Ellis on the view from the U.S of China's security engagement with the Caribbean. We discussed China's role in UN Peacekeeping missions to Haiti; the commercial and strategic potential of China building a canal in Nicaragua to compete with the Panama Canal; the scenario space for China building military outposts in the Caribbean; and other topics. Dr. Ellis is a research professor of Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College Strateg...
China's Security Engagement in the Caribbean
January 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBIn this episode I will be talking with Dr. Evan Ellis on the view from the U.S of China's security engagement with the Caribbean. We discussed China's role in UN Peacekeeping missions to Haiti; the commercial and strategic potential of China building a canal in Nicaragua to compete with the Panama Canal; the scenario space for China building military outposts in the Caribbean; and other topics. Dr. Ellis is a research professor of Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College Strateg...
China's Security Engagement in the Caribbean
January 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBIn this episode I will be talking with Dr. Evan Ellis on the view from the U.S of China's security engagement with the Caribbean. We discussed China's role in UN Peacekeeping missions to Haiti; the commercial and strategic potential of China building a canal in Nicaragua to compete with the Panama Canal; the scenario space for China building military outposts in the Caribbean; and other topics. Dr. Ellis is a research professor of Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College Strateg...
China Watching from the Caribbean with Jeremy Goldkorn
January 15, 2021 03:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this episode I'll be chatting with Jeremy Goldkorn. Jeremy worked in China for 20 years as an editor and entrepreneur. He is Editor-in-Chief of SupChina, and co-founder of the Sinica Podcast. We had a wide ranging conversation about wolf worrier diplomacy, CCP thinking, and how to do nuanced China watching. Jeremy on Twitter: @goldkorn Recommended Reading: A Fearful Asymmetry: COVID-19 and America's Information Deficit with China 江时学：“战狼外交”是个伪命题 An Ignored Canary in an Unknown Co...
Debt and Discontent? Chinese Loans in the Caribbean
January 10, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this episode I'll be chatting with Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente. He is a Lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands and studies China's relations in Latin America and the Caribbean. We chat about Chinese loan making in the Caribbean (with a particular focus on Jamaica) and the implications of the Belt and Road Initiative 一带一路 (BRI) for Caribbean development. This is a theme that we will return to again in later episodes of the podcast and the discussion here sets a great foundation. Ru...
The State of Politics in Taiwan
January 10, 2021 01:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBCross-strait relations do feature in caribbean foreign policy given that the region has quite a high proportion of Taiwan allies. We cannot discuss China in the Caribbean without thinking seriously about Taiwan. In this episode I'm having a chat with Lev Nachman, a PhD candidate at UC Irvine. His research focuses on the relationship between social movements and political parties, with a spcial regional interest in Taiwan and Hong Kong. We talk about the domestic politics of Taiwan. Lev o...
Thinking about Taiwan from the Caribbean
January 10, 2021 01:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBCross-strait relations do feature in caribbean foreign policy given that the region has quite a high proportion of Taiwan allies. We cannot discuss China in the Caribbean without thinking seriously about Taiwan. In this episode I'm having a chat with Lev Nachman, a PhD candidate at UC Irvine. His research focuses on the relationship between social movements and political parties, with a spcial regional interest in Taiwan and Hong Kong. We talk about the domestic politics of Taiwan. Lev o...
Cross-Strait Relations in the Caribbean: Part 1 - Taiwan's Domestic Politics
January 10, 2021 01:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBCross-strait relations do feature in caribbean foreign policy given that the region has quite a high proportion of Taiwan allies. We cannot discuss China in the Caribbean without thinking seriously about Taiwan. In this episode I'm having a chat with Lev Nachman, a PhD candidate at UC Irvine. His research focuses on the relationship between social movements and political parties, with a spcial regional interest in Taiwan and Hong Kong. We talk about the domestic politics of Taiwan. Lev o...
The State of Politics in Taiwan (Part 1)
January 10, 2021 01:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBCross-strait relations do feature in caribbean foreign policy given that the region has quite a high proportion of Taiwan allies. We cannot discuss China in the Caribbean without thinking seriously about Taiwan. In this episode I'm having a chat with Lev Nachman, a PhD candidate at UC Irvine. His research focuses on the relationship between social movements and political parties, with a spcial regional interest in Taiwan and Hong Kong. We talk about the domestic politics of Taiwan. Lev o...
What the Caribbean can Learn about China from Africa
December 01, 2020 00:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this episode i'll be talking with Eric Olander, co-founder of the fantastic China in Africa Project. Caribbean policy makers often believe they have recreate the wheel when it comes to China policy. They don't realize that China has been actively engaged with Africa. And the experience of those African countries can be very instructive for the Caribbean. The two regions have many similarities from being former colonies, relatively undeveloped, and of course being majority black. But th...
From Open Source Industrial Policy to Chinese Rap
November 27, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBIn this episode I'm speaking with Jordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast. He also has a great newsletter that you should subscribe to: https://chinatalk.substack.com/ We discuss: The possible future of US-China tech competition under the incoming Biden Administration The nature of China's twitter influence campaigns and what we can learn about making viral memes from Russian disinformation operators Why open source software should be the basis for a new US industrial policy an...
U.S. Open Source Industrial Policy, Dank Russian Memes, and Chinese Rap
November 27, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBIn this episode I'm speaking with Jordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast. He also has a great newsletter that you should subscribe to: https://chinatalk.substack.com/ We discuss: The possible future of US-China tech competition under the incoming Biden Administration The nature of China's twitter influence campaigns and what we can learn about making viral memes from Russian disinformation operators Why open source software should be the basis for a new US industrial policy an...
From Bullets to Bricks: China's Foreign Aid to the Caribbean in the Cold War Era
November 22, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBJared Ward is a lecturer at a number of Midwest universities including the University of Akron, John Carroll University, and Notre Dame College (Ohio). In this episode we discuss his PhD research that traces Beijing’s earliest attempts to gain a diplomatic foothold in the Western Hemisphere — from supporting the armed revolution of Fidel Castro to building a brick making factory in Guyana. Guest contact info: Personal website: https://jaredaward.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @JA_Ward_ Intro Mus...
China and the Caribbean in the Cold War Era
November 22, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBJared Ward is a lecturer at a number of Midwest universities including the University of Akron, John Carroll University, and Notre Dame College (Ohio). In this episode we discuss his PhD research that traces Beijing’s earliest attempts to gain a diplomatic foothold in the Western Hemisphere — from supporting the armed revolution of Fidel Castro to building a brick making factory in Guyana. Guest contact info: Personal website: https://jaredaward.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @JA_Ward_ Intro Mus...
Sino-CARICOM Trade Frustrations
November 13, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBSino-CARICOM trade is a hot topic now. But can a trade agreement between the Caribbean and China actually be useful? In this episode, Alicia Nicholls offers some skepticism on that point. We had a wide ranging discussion about all things trade within the CARICOM (Caribbean Community): issues from the "One China" Recognition split in the region to the lack of policy capacity to even exploit current trade agreements will continue to frustrate the prospects of a Sino-CARICOM trade agreement. ...
Should Caribbean Firms Pivot to China?
November 06, 2020 03:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Antonio Alleyne. He is a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Previously, he was an Economist in the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Barbados. Dr. Alleyne is one of the few Caribbean persons to receive a PhD from a university in China. We discuss: Pivoting from traditional tourism markets to Asian markets How can Caribbean states reimagine the purpose of embassies Persistent protectionist policies in the Caribbean and more....
Delisle Worrell on China in the Caribbean
November 03, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Delisle Worrell. He is the former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados and a current member of the Financial Policy Council of the Bermuda Monetary Authority. He first visited China in 1980. As Governor he established the Fish & Dragon festival; an annual celebration bringing Chinese culture to the Barbadian public. Recommendations: Dr. Worrell The Economic History of the Caribbean since the Napoleonic Wars by Victor Bulmer-Thomas Handbook of Caribbe...
Rum, Beaches, and Trade Policy: How to Promote Caribbean Trade in China
November 03, 2020 03:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Antonio Alleyne. He is a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Previously, he was an Economist in the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Barbados. Dr. Alleyne is one of the few Caribbean persons to receive a PhD from a university in China. We discuss: Pivoting from traditional tourism markets to Asian markets How can Caribbean states reimagine the purpose of embassies Persistent protectionist policies in the Caribbean and more....
Rum, Beaches, and Exports: Should Caribbean Firms Pivot to China
November 03, 2020 03:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Antonio Alleyne. He is a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Previously, he was an Economist in the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Barbados. Dr. Alleyne is one of the few Caribbean persons to receive a PhD from a university in China. We discuss: Pivoting from traditional tourism markets to Asian markets How can Caribbean states reimagine the purpose of embassies Persistent protectionist policies in the Caribbean and more....
China in the Caribbean's Economic Future
October 09, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Delisle Worrell. He is the former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados and a current member of the Financial Policy Council of the Bermuda Monetary Authority. He first visited China in 1980. As Governor he established the Fish & Dragon festival; an annual celebration bringing Chinese culture to the Barbadian public. Recommendations: Dr. Worrell The Economic History of the Caribbean since the Napoleonic Wars by Victor Bulmer-Thomas Handbook of Caribbe...