Both China and the US are running fiscal imbalances 'as far as the eye can see to ever diminishing effect'—these deficits are severely crimping China's economic growth (probably 2–3% in real terms last year, probably less than that this year) but have not yet exerted gravitational pull on the United States economy.

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Speaker

Jim Baker

Evidence Quote

the one thing both states seem very eager to do is to uh run fiscal imbalances...as far as the eye can see to ever diminishing effect and that is severely crimping China's economic growth probably 2 to 3% in real terms last year probably less than that this year and doesn't really yet seem to exerted much gravitational pull on the United States

Source

The Challenge of ChinaThe Aspen Institute
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:35:07 AM

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