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Which Country Should Design U.S. Industrial Policy?

Michael Pettis | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | 07/16/2025

The decision Americans must make about industrial policy is whether policies that drive the nature and direction of the U.S. economy should be designed at home or abroad by its…

Powers of Attraction

Matt Turpin | China Articles | 07/13/2025

Will American Industrial Policy overcome the PRC’s weaponization of Rare Earth Magnet Production? F...

In Search of a Clearer Tune: Understanding America’s Frustration with the WTO

Maria Pagan | Hinrich Foundation | 05/27/2025

The strain between the United States...

How American Business Can Prosper In The New Geopolitical Era

Matt Watters, Shubham Singhal & Zoe Fox | McKinsey & Company | 04/23/2025

In a shifting world order,...

Are President Trump’s Trade Actions Exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act?

Warren Maruyama, Meghan Anand & William Alan Reinsch | Center for Strategic & International Studies | 03/31/2025

The Price of Patriotism: How Tariffs will Impact US Consumers

Özde Aykurt | Daily Sabah | 01/22/2025

While the previous trade war did not lead to high inflation ...

Toward a Cleaner, Smarter USMCA

C.J. Mahoney & Peter Harrell | Carnegie Endowment | 12/17/2024

By July 1, 2026, the parties to the United States–Mexico–Canada Agr...

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