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Ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on the President’s Authority Under IEEPA to Impose Tariffs

08/29/2025

How Donald Trump Should have Tackled the US Trade Deficit

08/19/2025

US Negotiators Face Tough Task to Secure Trade Deal with China

08/18/2025

Reflections on the Angels on the Head of Jamieson Greer’s Pin

08/12/2025

Taxation Without Representation: How Trump’s Tariff Policy Undermines Democracy And International Legal Norms

08/04/2025

Trump, Tariffs & Trade Wars

08/04/2025

A Progressive Industrial Policy for the Global South: A Latin American Perspective

07/28/2025

An Alliance For Open Trade: How To Counter Trump’s Tariffs

07/27/2025

Tariffs, Trade Tensions and Climate Policy: The New Frontier of Green Trade Measures

07/26/2025

Which Country Should Design U.S. Industrial Policy?

07/16/2025

Blogs

Contributors provide unique perspectives on critical trade issues. Author’s views are their own, and do not reflect the views of WITA, its Board or its staff.

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Way Out of The West’s Critical Minerals Dilemma

Marina Yue Zhang | East Asia Forum | 02/16/2026

Since 2022, the United States and the EU have shifted rapidly towards a more interventionist industrial policy aimed at building ‘trusted’ critical mineral supply chains free from Chinese inputs.  The…

Could U.S.-Mexico Critical Minerals Deal Really Be a Technology Sovereignty Play?

Dr. Daniel Covarrubias | Rio Grande Guardian | 02/09/2026

Fifty-four countries s...

Critical Minerals
Mexico
Technology
USMCA

Winds Of Protectionism In The Shadow Of Critical Minerals

Dr. Nejat Tamzok | Eurasia Review | 02/01/2026

As we leave the first quarter of the twenty-first century...

Critical Minerals
Economic Security

Mine the Tech Gap: Why China’s Rare Earth Dominance Persists

Nayan Seth | The Wilson Center's New Security Beat | 08/29/2024

In 2019, at the height of the trade...

China
Critical Minerals
International Trade

Why We Need an OPEC for Critical Mineral Producing Nations

Ketakandriana Rafitoson & Nick Dearden | Publish What You Pay | 08/23/2024

The most important UN panel ...

Critical Minerals
Developing Nations
Sustainable Trade

The United States Tells China to Kick Rocks in Central Asia

Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu | East Asia Forum | 07/04/2024

The United States is looking to diversify its crit...

Central Asia
China
Critical Minerals
U.S. Policy

China Is Flexing Military Muscle Again—and Reminding the US It Needs to Diversify Critical Supply Chains

Jeffery Kucik & Mark Kennedy | Wilson Center | 06/20/2024

China
Critical Minerals
Supply Chain

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