EP233: Long Takes From The Road: Thoughts on "Peak China"

Peak China trade surplus may plateau its oil/coal demand, but global peak oil demand remains distant given 6 billion people's unmet energy needs.

• Trade surplus unsustainable: Arjun Murti says China's massive trade surplus with the rest of the world cannot persist, now a rare bipartisan US view dating to a 2016 political debate.
• Diversification is inflationary: Reshoring manufacturing away from China raises short-term inflation and energy intensity, since China's energy intensity/carbon emissions run triple Europe's and double the US's.

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