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Beijing and Washington, DC Clash Over Excess Capacity: A Guide for the Bewildered

Simon Evenett | Global Trade Alert | 07/28/2026

Excess capacity in China remains a major point of contention in business and policy discourse this year. Some governments and commentators connect it to trade tensions, global imbalances, deindustrialisation in…

Superpower AI Rivalry Reshapes Global Technology Governance

Simon Hutagalung | Eurasia Review | 07/13/2026

The Trump administration’s attempt to stop the import o...

The Beijing Summit Rewrites The Rules Of Superpower Economic Engagement

Dr. Imran Khalid | Eurasia Review | 05/19/2026

The conclusion of the high-stakes Beijing s...

When Trump Met Escalation Dominance

Richard Baldwin | Substack | 04/24/2026

Richard Baldwin is a Professor of International Economics at The International Institu...

Senior Officials Must Push Trump, Xi to Negotiating Table

Wendy Cutler | fDi Intelligence | 04/29/2025

A former US trade negotiator’s roadmap to brokering a deal...

America’s Three Demands

Oren Cass | Understanding America | 03/31/2025

President Donald Trump has declared that this Wednesday, April 2, will be “Liberation...

How a Trade War with China Benefits U.S. Companies

Aditya Jain | 03/17/2025

For decades, China has been crucial to U.S. companies, both as a source of revenue gro...

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