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You’d think, given the critical role global imbalances played in building up the systemic risk that caused the Great Recession that addressing them would be an urgent issue. China’s everyday flouting of World Trade Organisation trade rules would be bad enough in normal circumstances. But now when Beijing clearly stands in the way of economic recovery, Paul Krugman is right to be exasperated that the Chinese have been allowed to keep taxing imports while subsidizing exports.