SANYA, China — In previous articles, I shared that regardless of how people from both within the United States and indeed around the world opined about US President-elect (and also former president) Donald Trump's political and policy positions, some of his economic (and by extension socioeconomic) ideas are still worth referencing as plausible models for economic development.

Recently, as Trump appears determined to return to the White House with a storm, one of the key concerns on the part of those of us from this part of the world is likely to be the exchange rates of regional currencies against the US dollar during his tenure — will they rise or fall? — and perhaps for quite some time beyond, as Trump's ideas and ideologies look set to define American (and by extension worldwide) political and socioeconomic landscapes for quite some time to come.

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