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Export Controls and U.S. Trade Policy: Making Sense of the New Terrain

Geoffrey Gertz & Thomas Krueger | Just Security | 10/14/2025

U.S. export controls are evolving from a narrow national security tool to a broader trade policy instrument, reflecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s willingness to blend economic and national security negotiations…

Tariffs Will Destroy the Best Cure for the Trade Deficit

Shannon K. O'Neil | Council on Foreign Relations | 03/31/2025

Trump’s upcoming tariff barrage is supposed...

When Every Car Is Made in China

Michael Dunne | The Dunne Insights Newsletter | 05/07/2024

Bracing for the ultimate global automotive disruption Imagine a world i...

The Export-Led Model is Evolving, Not Dying

Jayant Menon | East Asia Forum | 03/23/2024

While the rise in anti-globalisation sentiment may have preceded COVID-19,...

Hong Kong’s Technology Lifeline to Russia

Brian (Chun Hey) Kot | Carnegie Endowment For International Peace | 05/17/2023

As the war in Ukraine continues into it...

Trade Data Monitor’s Top 10 Trade Trends Going Into 2023

John W. Miller | Trade Data Monitor | 01/03/2023

The world was rocked in 2022 by Russia’s invasion of U...

Food Security: The Role and Limits of International Rules on Export Restrictions

David Kleimann | Bruegel | 06/08/2022

Food and fertiliser export restrictions are...

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