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Allies Viewed as Less Willing to De-Risk From China If U.S. Eases Export Controls
U.S. allies, including in Europe, may back away from their plans to de-risk from China if they continue to see the Trump administration use export controls as a bargaining chi...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Game Over? How the United States Could Have Won the Trade Wars
Washington, August 4, 2025 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Game Over? How the United States Could Have Won the Trade Wars, by Emi...
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‘Exorbitant Privilege’: Can the U.S. Dollar Maintain Its Global Dominance?
Since the 1940s, the US dollar has held firm as the global reserve currency, driving international trade and reinforcing the status of the United States as an economic superpo...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Trump May Not Replace Biden-Era AI Rule“It certainly seems — at the moment, at least — that the tech side has the upper hand,” said Geoffrey Gertz, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security....
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
With Trump Pressure and a ‘New Lebanon,’ Can Hezbollah’s Shadow Economy Be Dismantled?Up until a few months ago, the drive from Beirut’s international airport through the Lebanese capital city’s southern suburbs used to feature a stream of pro-Iranian and Hezbo...
By Alex Zerden
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
U.S. Should Be Cautious With New Chip Equipment Controls, Work With Allies, Researchers SayThe Trump administration should carefully study any new export controls on the subsystems of semiconductor manufacturing equipment so it doesn’t unintentionally undercut U.S. ...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Ruby Scanlon
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Noteworthy | America's AI Action PlanIntroduction The United States is in a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). Whoever has the largest AI ecosystem will set global AI standards and...
By Vivek Chilukuri, Emily Kilcrease, Janet Egan, Geoffrey Gertz, Sam Howell, Caleb Withers, Michael Depp, Ruby Scanlon & Morgan Peirce
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Threat of Russia-Related Secondary Tariffs Sparks SkepticismPresident Donald Trump’s threat to punish Russia’s trading partners if it does not pause its war on Ukraine could backfire, derailing negotiations with two important U.S. trad...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Senate Republicans Eye Russia Sanctions as Trump Amps Up Putin RhetoricSenate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he expects a vote as soon as this month to place severe new sanctions on Russia, the latest sign of a growing fracture between...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into RussiaSince President Trump returned to office in January, the United States has issued no new sanctions against Russia related to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In some cases,...
By Edward Fishman
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U.S. Ending All Trade Negotiations with Canada over Digital Tax: Trump
United States President Donald Trump has announced that the US is immediately ending trade talks with Canada in response to the country’s digital services tax on technology co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile TimeThe U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend could ratchet up the pressure on an American economy that’s turned increasingly fragile as a weekslong global trade w...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Latest Trade ‘Deal’ with China Underscores Key U.S. DisadvantageFor the second time in two months, President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted a “deal” with China. There’s one problem: It’s largely the same deal the two countries agreed to ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Graham’s ‘Bone Crushing’ Russia Sanctions Bill Could Freeze U.S. Trade with the World’s Largest EconomiesSen. Lindsey Graham has pledged that his expansive sanctions bill would be “bone crushing” for the Russian economy....
By Edward Fishman
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Set to Square Off With New German Chancellor Merz on Trade, UkrainePresident Donald Trump will meet Thursday with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time since Merz swept into power vowing to distance Germany from the United S...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Trump Says U.S. Will Raise Steel Tariffs to 50 Percent at Pennsylvania Rally
United States President Donald Trump has announced his administration is raising tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent....
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Could New U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Look Like?
So far, Russia has resisted Western calls for a cease-fire in its war on Ukraine. And so far, US President Donald Trump has resisted calls by Kyiv and European countries to im...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions HitThe European Union, along with the United Kingdom, imposed a new sanctions package on Tuesday that targets Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
EU Lifts More Syria Sanctions, but Barriers to Energy, Business RemainUS President Donald Trump's announcement set the tone for global sanctions policy on Syria, but a "labyrinth" of restrictive economic measures including sanctions will take ti...
By Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Big Syria Announcement Surprised His Own Sanctions OfficialsWhen US President Donald Trump announced in Saudi Arabia on May 13 that he would lift all sanctions on Syria, the decision – which will boost a country devastated by 13 years ...
By Edward Fishman