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'''Clyde Prestowitz'''  is the founder and President of the [[Economic Strategy Institute]]. He formerly was counselor to the [[Secretary of Commerce]] in the [[Reagan Administration]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20081127023838/http://www.econstrat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=50</ref>  He is a labor economist.<ref>http://business.time.com/2012/01/27/are-companies-more-powerful-than-countries/</ref>  Prestowitz has written for [[Foreign Affairs]].<ref>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/search/Clyde%2BV.%2BPrestowitz%2C%2BJr.</ref>
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He attended the [[Bilderberg/1998|1998]], [[Bilderberg/2001|2001]] and [[Bilderberg/2002|2002]] Bilderberg meetings.
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==Background==
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Prestowitz was born to a family with a conservative Republican and evangelical Christian background<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131106015208/http://www.clydeprestowitz.com/cprestowitz-rogue-backstory.ht</ref><ref name=utah/>  and earned a B.A. from [[Swarthmore College]]; an M.A. in East-West Policies and Economics from the East-West Center of the [[University of Hawaii]]; and an M.B.A. from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=utah>https://archive.today/20131030095801/http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/pen-l/2003w27/msg00074.html </ref><ref name="Prestowitz bio">https://web.archive.org/web/20110913040417/http://mitworld.mit.edu/speaker/view/580</ref>
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==Career==
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During the [[Reagan Administration]] he was Counselor to the Secretary of Commerce with a special focus on [[Japan]] with which he was the lead U.S. negotiator. He was a leader of the first U.S. Trade Mission to [[China]] in [[1982]] and helped to arrive at agreements that enabled U.S. companies to establish operations in China.<ref name=clyde>https://www.clydevprestowitz.com/about</ref>
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He was a White House adviser in the [[Obama administration]] and was Vice Chairman of President Clinton’s Commission on Trade and Investment in the Asia-Pacific region. He was also a director of the [[Export Import Bank of the United States]] under [[Clinton]] and served at the same time as the President of the Pacific Basin Economic Council.<ref name=clyde/>
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In his 2021 book ''The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership'' he describes "the key challenges posed by China and the strategies America and the [[Free World]] must adopt to meet them. He argues that these must be more sophisticated and more comprehensive than a narrowly targeted [[trade war]]. Rather, he urges strategies that the United States and its allies can use unilaterally without contravening international or domestic law."<ref>https://www.amazon.com/World-Turned-Upside-Down-Leadership/dp/0300248490</ref>
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==Books & Articles==
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*''The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership'', 2021
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* ''Our Incoherent China Policy: The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad economics, and even worse as containment of China.'' [[American Prospect]]  Fall 2015<ref>http://prospect.org/article/our-incoherent-china-policy-fall-preview</ref>
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* ''Could Germany save eurozone by leaving it?'' [[CNN]]  May 30, 2012<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/30/opinion/prestowitz-prout-germany-eurozone/index.htm</ref>
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* ''The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America's Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era'', 2010  {{ISBN|978-1-4391-1979-2}}
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* ''Three Billion New Capitalists:  The Great Shift of Wealth And Power to the East'', 2005
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* ''The South Korean Firehose'' [[The Globalist]]  July 25, 2005<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050815075909/http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=4694</ref>
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* ''Don't Pester Europe on Genetically Modified Food'' ''[[The New York Times]]'' Op-Ed January 24, 2003
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* ''Rogue Nation - American Unilateralism and The Failure of Good Intentions'', 2003
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* ''Trading Places - How We Are Giving Our Future to Japan and How to Reclaim It'', 1993
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* ''The World Turned Upside Down: The Impact of the Return of India and China to their Historical Global Weight'' [[MIT World]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060907020809/http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/358/ Video - 04-04-06]
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*  ''In Depth: Tuff Enough?'' Can the US continue to command the attention of world markets when the dollar is dropping and free trade is flourishing? [[Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria|PBS' Foreign Exchange]] with Fareed Zakaria, [http://foreignexchange.tv/?q=node/1484  aired on August 4, 2006]. <sub> [http://www.econstrat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=286 Transcript] </sub>
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* ''Three Billion New Capitalists'' book interview on [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2006/1683344.htm ABC Radio Australia], July 11, 2006
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Person.png Clyde Prestowitz   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Born1941
NationalityUS
Alma materSwarthmore College, University of Hawaii, Wharton Business School
Economist and author arguing for harder measures against China and East Asia. Attended the 1998, 2001 and 2002 Bilderberg meetings.

Clyde Prestowitz is the founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute. He formerly was counselor to the Secretary of Commerce in the Reagan Administration.[1] He is a labor economist.[2] Prestowitz has written for Foreign Affairs.[3]

He attended the 1998, 2001 and 2002 Bilderberg meetings.

Background

Prestowitz was born to a family with a conservative Republican and evangelical Christian background[4][5] and earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College; an M.A. in East-West Policies and Economics from the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii; and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[5][6]

Career

During the Reagan Administration he was Counselor to the Secretary of Commerce with a special focus on Japan with which he was the lead U.S. negotiator. He was a leader of the first U.S. Trade Mission to China in 1982 and helped to arrive at agreements that enabled U.S. companies to establish operations in China.[7]

He was a White House adviser in the Obama administration and was Vice Chairman of President Clinton’s Commission on Trade and Investment in the Asia-Pacific region. He was also a director of the Export Import Bank of the United States under Clinton and served at the same time as the President of the Pacific Basin Economic Council.[7]

In his 2021 book The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership he describes "the key challenges posed by China and the strategies America and the Free World must adopt to meet them. He argues that these must be more sophisticated and more comprehensive than a narrowly targeted trade war. Rather, he urges strategies that the United States and its allies can use unilaterally without contravening international or domestic law."[8]

Books & Articles

  • The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership, 2021
  • Our Incoherent China Policy: The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad economics, and even worse as containment of China. American Prospect Fall 2015[9]
  • Could Germany save eurozone by leaving it? CNN May 30, 2012[10]
  • The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America's Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4391-1979-2
  • Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth And Power to the East, 2005
  • The South Korean Firehose The Globalist July 25, 2005[11]
  • Don't Pester Europe on Genetically Modified Food The New York Times Op-Ed January 24, 2003
  • Rogue Nation - American Unilateralism and The Failure of Good Intentions, 2003
  • Trading Places - How We Are Giving Our Future to Japan and How to Reclaim It, 1993

Multimedia


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/199814 May 199817 May 1998Scotland
Turnberry		The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Bilderberg/200124 May 200127 May 2001Sweden
Stenungsund		The 49th Bilderberg, in Sweden. Reported on the WWW.
Bilderberg/200230 May 20022 June 2002US
Virginia
Chantilly
Westfields Marriott		The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia.
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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081127023838/http://www.econstrat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=50
  2. ↑ http://business.time.com/2012/01/27/are-companies-more-powerful-than-countries/
  3. ↑ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/search/Clyde%2BV.%2BPrestowitz%2C%2BJr.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131106015208/http://www.clydeprestowitz.com/cprestowitz-rogue-backstory.ht
  5. ↑ a b https://archive.today/20131030095801/http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/pen-l/2003w27/msg00074.html
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110913040417/http://mitworld.mit.edu/speaker/view/580
  7. ↑ a b https://www.clydevprestowitz.com/about
  8. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/World-Turned-Upside-Down-Leadership/dp/0300248490
  9. ↑ http://prospect.org/article/our-incoherent-china-policy-fall-preview
  10. ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/30/opinion/prestowitz-prout-germany-eurozone/index.htm
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050815075909/http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=4694


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