Economist and Asia Policy Scholar

Derek Scissors

1 article 2014

Derek Scissors is an economist and Asia policy scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in U.S.-China economic relations and broader Asian economies. He contributed analysis to The Weekly Standard on U.S. and Japanese economic policy.

The U.S. and Japan Choose Stagnation?

April 24, 2014 · Japan, Economy, Trade

President Obama will leave Japan without a vital trade deal. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was supposed to be wrapped last autumn, and the president’s spring trip to Asia—the one he’s currently on—was supposed to be the victory lap.