The Renminbi’s Role in Global Finance | University of Chicago Center Beijing


When and Where

  • 27/08/2015
    6:30 pm-9:00 pm

  • UChicago Center in Beijing
    20th floor of Cultural Plaza(文化大厦)near the East Gate of Renmin University
    Beijing
    China
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The Renminbi’s Role in Global Finance | University of Chicago Center Beijing

Event Details

Professor Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former head of the IMF’s China division, will launch the Chinese translation of his award-winning book The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance.

8/17/2015

Date/Time
Date(s) – August 27, 2015
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Venue: The University of Chicago Center in Beijing, 20th floor Culture Plaza, No. 59A Zhong Guan Cun Street, Haidian District Beijing 100872, People’s Republic of China

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Eswar Prasad, a professor of trade policy at Cornell, talks about the Chinese economy and foreign trade at the Council on Foreign Relations, Wednesday, March 9, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

About the Event: 

Professor Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former head of the IMF’s China division, received his PHD in Economics from the University of Chicago.  On Thursday, August 27, at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing, he will launch the Chinese translation of his award-winning book The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance. The talk will also cover the renminbi’s role in global finance and its prospects of becoming a reserve currency.

Professor Prasad has testified before the Senate Finance Committee, the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. His op-ed articles on China have appeared in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.

Schedule 

6:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Registration

7:00 – 7:45 p.m. – Talk

7:45 – 8:15 p.m. – Q&A

8:15 – 9:00 p.m. – Reception with refreshments

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