​The following is a summary of Eric S. Maskin’s keynote address to attendees at the Seventh Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on June 7, 2025. Dr. Maskin is a 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics, the Adams University Professor at Harvard University, and Co-President of SAGE.

The following is a summary of David Daokui Li’s keynote address and roundtable discussion at the Seventh Annual Conference of Government and Economics held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on June 7, 2025. Dr. Li is Co-President of SAGE and Director of ACCEPT.

The Department of International Studies recently hosted Dr. Meixin Guo, a researcher at Tsinghua University’s Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practices and Thinking, as part of its INS Research Series. Dr. Guo’s seminar, titled “Why is China Promoting Economic Globalization? A Leadership Theory of Globalization,” drew on her groundbreaking paper co-authored with Professor David Daokui Li and Dr. Kun Lang, published in the prestigious journal China & World Economy.

​David Li from Tsinghua University says the trade truce announced by the U.S. and China suggests that Trump's tariffs plans are much for nothing and global trade for Chinese businesses will evolve into 3 hubs going forward.

​Former PBOC Adviser David Daokui Li says he expects US and China to reach a trade deal in two weeks. He also says he expects the two sides to find a way to bring tariffs on Chinese goods below 30%. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvonne Man on Bloomberg: the China Show.

In the face of the United States' sweeping tariffs, enhanced cooperation between China and the European Union serves as a critical counterweight to Washington's unilateral tariff measures, which are disrupting the rules-based global trading system, and provides a stabilizing force for the world economy, analysts said. This year marks the 50th anniversary of China-EU diplomatic ties — a milestone that analysts said Beijing and Brussels should capitalize on to strengthen communications and resolv

On May 8, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled the Role of the Government in the Research and Application of AI. This lecture was presented by Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics at the College de France, INSEAD and the London School of Economics. The webinar represented the eighteenth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.