Senior Research Analyst
Charles Austin Jordan is a Senior Research Analyst with Rhodium Group’s China Projects team, where he focuses on China's macroeconomy, trade relations, and use of economic statecraft.
ChinaPrior to joining Rhodium Group, Austin was a Princeton in Asia fellow in Tokyo, Japan, and worked at the US Department of State in Washington, DC and the US Embassy in Beijing.
Austin received his PhD in political science from Harvard University in 2024, where he completed his dissertation on the Chinese Communist Party’s governance of the private sector and the growth of Party cells throughout the economy. He holds an AM degree in government from Harvard University and a BA degree in China & Asia-Pacific studies from Cornell University.
Austin is based out of Rhodium’s Washington, DC office.
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Simulating the Board of Trade's proposed tariff cuts using a leading trade model, we estimate that annual global US goods exports could rise by $10.3 billion and global Chinese goods exports could rise by $11.0 billion relative to the status quo.
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If China's exports kept rising at the same rate they are today, large trading economies with export profiles similar to China like the United States, Germany, Indonesia, and France stand to lose the most.
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How much revenue could a hypothetical sale of China's state-owned assets yield?
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China’s investment-led growth model has reached its limits and household consumption will be the key driver of China’s long-term economic trajectory. Beijing has reform options available, though they vary in financial and political viability.
