TRADE RESEARCH

Trade Book Talks 

Our Trade Book Talks delve into timely research-driven perspectives on global trade issues for an audience of academics, policymakers and trade practitioners. Each moderated session features authors of recently published books that provide insight into the evolving global trade landscape.

UPCOMING

Micheal Pembroke on Silk Silver Opium

Michael Pembroke on Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History

The next Hinrich Foundation Trade Book Talk will be with Michael Pembroke, a writer, traveler, historian and naturalist, on 23 January 2026, featuring his new book: Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History.

Register here for this hybrid event

MOST RECENT

David Marsh on Can Europe Survive? The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World

David Marsh on Can Europe Survive? The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World

The Hinrich Foundation hosted a book talk with David Marsh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), on 24 November, featuring his new book Can Europe Survive? The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World.

TRADE AND GEOPOLITICS

David Marsh

02 Dec 2025

2 min read

can europe survive , David Marsh

MORE TRADE BOOK TALKS

The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership

The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership

In this well-received book, Clyde Prestowitz describes the key challenges posed by China and the strategies America and other liberal democracies must adopt to meet them. He argues that these approaches must be more sophisticated and comprehensive than a narrowly targeted trade war, and that they don't have to contravene international or domestic law.

US-CHINA TRADE

Clyde V. Prestowitz and Jr.

07 Dec 2020

2 min read

The world turned upside down

Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia

Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia

In his new book, Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia, Professor Shambaugh examines how the United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power.

US-CHINA TRADE

David Shambaugh

19 Nov 2020

1 min read

Where great powers meet

China, Trade and Power

China, Trade and Power

Stewart Paterson's timely book, “China, Trade and Power: Why the West’s Economic Engagement Has Failed”, promotes reasoned and informed debate on the trade relationship between the West and China.

US-CHINA TRADE

Steward Paterson

12 Sept 2016

2 min read

China trade and power

Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

Commissioned by the Hinrich Foundation to Professor Michael J. Enright, this book provides a powerful analysis of China’s policies toward foreign direct investment.

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Michael Enright

12 Sept 2016

2 min read

Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment