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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 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 marked a critical pivot in the structural architecture of the international system. This…

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...

What Beijing wants from a US-China trade war

Jonathan A. Czin | Brookings | 03/12/2025

Since coming into office, the Trump administration has twice increased tari...

Trump Wants a Trade Deal, Not a Trade War. He May Get One.

Wendy Cutler | The New York Times | 01/31/2025

Following is an excerpt from a piece written by Wendy Cu...

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