Kissinger Warns U.S. and China are on the ‘Precipice’
Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state, during a virtual interview with John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Nov. 17.
Photographer: Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg
Hello! The fourth annual Bloomberg New Economy Forum is underway in Singapore and continues through Nov. 19. China’s growing role on the world stage, efforts to combat climate change and economic questions from inflation to cryptocurrencies were the focus of Wednesday’s talks.
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Today we look at the thoughts of Henry Kissinger, the highlights of the conference and what nowcasts tell us about the outlook for the world economy.
Henry Kissinger, the arch-realist of U.S. foreign policy, is always measured when assessing U.S.-China relations, the focus of his life’s work. So it’s worth noting that just two years ago at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum he warned that the two countries were in the “foothills of a new Cold War.”