Economics

IMF’s Berger Warns China Tech Decoupling Would Slash Global GDP

WATCH: Helge Berger, head of the IMF’s China mission, discusses the economy, and how the China-U.S. tensions are affecting the global economy. (Source: Bloomberg)

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By Michael Heath and Kathleen Hays

April 15, 2021 at 8:07 PM EDT

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A technological decoupling between the U.S. and China and potentially Europe would cut global gross domestic product by an order of magnitude greater than the recent trade war, a senior International Monetary Fund official warned.

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