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Join the Hinrich Foundation Trade Book Talk for a discussion with Dinny McMahon, author of China's Great Wall of Debt and an expert on China’s financial system with over a decade of experience as a financial journalist and analyst specializing in China’s debt, shadow banking and economic policy.
Moderated by Chuin Wei Yap, Hinrich Foundation Program Director, International Trade Research, the discussion will provide an inside look at the risks behind China’s rapid growth and why they matter for the global economy.
How relevant is the G7 in today’s fractured global economy? Join our Trade Book Talk for a timely discussion with Peter Draper, Professor and Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade in the School of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Adelaide, and co-editor with Andreas Freytag of The Elgar Companion to the G7 on 12 Feb.
Moderated by Chuin Wei Yap, the discussion will explore the G7’s 50-year legacy, its responses to global crises and its relevance in today’s fractured world economy.
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.The Hinrich Foundation hosted a Trade Book Talk on 12 February 2026 with Peter Draper, Professor and Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade at the University of Adelaide. Draper is co-editor with Andreas Freytag of The Elgar Companion to the G7.
Moderated by Chuin Wei Yap, the discussion examined the G7’s 50-year legacy, its responses to global crises and its continued relevance in today’s fractured world economy.
MORE TRADE BOOK TALKS
The Hinrich Foundation hosted a book talk with Michael Pembroke on 23 January 2026. Michael is a writer and historian working at the intersection of law, global affairs and history. He is a former NSW Supreme Court judge, Chair of Red Room Poetry, and an award-listed author of five books on the forces that shape our world. The Trade Book Talk features his new book Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History.
The Hinrich Foundation hosted a Trade Book Talk on 12 February 2026 with Peter Draper, Professor and Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade at the University of Adelaide. Draper is co-editor with Andreas Freytag of The Elgar Companion to the G7.
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.
Hinrich Foundation Research Fellow Alex Capri’s new book, Techno-Nationalism: How It’s Reshaping Trade, Geopolitics, and Society, is available now. The book draws largely from Capri’s years of research commissioned by the Foundation on these themes.
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.
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.
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.
Commissioned by the Hinrich Foundation to Professor Michael J. Enright, this book provides a powerful analysis of China’s policies toward foreign direct investment.
