CWP alum John Minnich on the FT's The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes Podcast

FT's The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes, which was published June 18. Available here: https://www.ft.com/content/4ca2cc65-7488-4e82-bcae-bd81a4b87e55?syn-25a6b1a6=1

For decades, China accelerated its industrial development through a straightforward bargain: foreign firms invested in China, often through joint ventures, gaining access to the enormous Chinese market, while Chinese companies absorbed western tech and knowhow. Today, that dynamic is changing. China's high-tech industries are now world-leading, and western governments are looking on enviously. So should the US and EU now take a page from China's playbook? Host Soumaya Keynes speaks to John Minnich, assistant professor of international relations at LSE, about the history of Chinese tech transfer, how it drove industrial sophistication and whether the west could — or should — attempt something similar.

John Minnich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at LSE. His research focuses on the political economy of China’s technological rise and its impact on US-China relations.

His current book project looks at how domestic institutions and global production networks shaped China’s use of foreign technology transfer policies in the post-Cold War period. Other ongoing research projects examine the origins and implications of the US-China "Chip War," the durability of weaponised interdependence, and the evolution of Chinese industrial and technology policies.

John received his PhD from MIT. Prior to joining LSE, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program at Columbia University and Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Centre for the Study of Contemporary China.

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