‘The worst thing we could do is pick one over the other’: an Australian economist on why US-China competition is ‘a gift’

Guardian Australia24 October 2026, 19:00 UTCPeople's Republic of China

John Edwards reflects on a changing world, economic statecraft and an AI-led manufacturing revivalGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastJohn Edwards wants us to chill out about China.A former top economic adviser to Paul Keating in the early 1990s, Edwards has been a major figure in the private and public sectors over the past three decades. Continue reading...

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