Trade Talks

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182. Is China’s industrial policy working? Apr 23, 2023

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The “Made in China 2025” subsidies both provoked a trade war and inspired similar moves by the US and other economies. But have they worked?

181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like Mar 21, 2023

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How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?

180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue? Mar 12, 2023

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How understanding the WTO’s past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China’s non-market economy.

179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China Feb 26, 2023

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For decades, Taiwan has limited how and how much its tech firms like TSMC could invest in mainland China. Are there lessons for the United States?

178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired Feb 19, 2023

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US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.

177. How the Rana Plaza factory collapse changed global supply chains Feb 12, 2023

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New research examines how NGOs, consumers, and major retailers responded to the outrage following the 2013 tragedy in Bangladesh.

176. The Cold War scandal over export controls Jan 29, 2023

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The leakage of submarine technology to the Soviet Union in the 1980s has lessons for the limits to and coordination of allies’ export controls today.

175. The dreaded WTO ruling on Trump’s national security tariffs Jan 22, 2023

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The WTO ruled against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, dragging the organization into thorny national security issues.

174. The incredible rise of Chinese fintech Dec 18, 2022

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New super apps and other internet-enabled technologies have transformed China’s financial sector, with global implications, says Martin Chorzempa.

173: Did Britain’s slave trade help drive its industrial revolution? Dec 08, 2022

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New research reveals how Britain’s economy benefited from the brutal transatlantic slave trade and its slave holdings.