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It Takes More Than Two to Tango: Creating Effective Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Sylvia Chen & Peter Tozzi | Just Security | 07/09/2026

Export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, the machinery needed to fabricate, test, and package semiconductors, are the most decisive instruments for constraining China’s ability to produce advanced and foundational chips….

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 evolv...

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...

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