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Yellen: U.S. Will Levy Sanctions Against Iran over Attack on Israel
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Among the most obvious remaining options is aggressively expanding sanctions on Chinese firms that have bought large quantities of Iranian crude oil exports, which have provid...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Mnuchin Tried to Force a Sale of TikTok. Now He’s a Possible Bidder.
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Emily Kilcrease, a former CFIUS coordinator at the Commerce Department, said she could not comment on the TikTok probe. But Kilcrease, who now serves as director of the energy...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Joe Biden Declares Opposition to Nippon Steel’s Takeover of U.S. Steel
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“Based on past practice, it is likely that Cfius would have been on track to clear the deal, likely with some conditions related to protection of domestic steel production and...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Emily Kilcrease on Gaming China’s Sanctions Response
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The researcher talks about why it would be much trickier to place sanctions on China in any future conflict than on Russia and where the U.S. might have the most leverage. Rea...
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.S. Lawmakers Tune Out TikTok Lobbying to Advance Bill to Ban App
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A big question is whether the Senate will back the legislation as previous bills have stumbled. Emily Kilcrease, a technology and trade expert at the Center for a New American...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Ukraine’s Allies Keep Hitting Russia with More Sanctions — and Russia Keeps Finding Ways Around ThemSanctions have, to some extent, "achieved an economic shock to Russia," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct fellow at the Centre for New American Security who tracks the impacts of...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Sanctions Oil Tankers, Targeting Iranian Funding for Russian, Houthi Arms
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The measures are targeted to Iran's involvement with regional terror groups and Russia's military supply chains, said Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Campaign to Isolate Russia Shows Limits After 2 Years of War
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“In the here and now, the sanctions have disappointed,” said Edward Fishman, a former State Department official in the Obama administration who oversaw Russia sanctions after ...
By Edward Fishman
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Plans to Expand U.S. Chip Manufacturing Are Running Into Obstacles
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The delays come as the Biden administration begins dispensing the first major awards from a $39 billion pot of money aimed at building up the U.S. semiconductor industry and r...
By Emily Kilcrease
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VCs Face Fresh Scrutiny Over China Investments as Geopolitical Pressures Build
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Now, slowing China’s long-running, multi-billion-dollar effort to catch up with the US in chip technology has become a lynchpin of America’s China policy. AI, where the US als...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Another Sign China's Economy Is in Deep Trouble
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Emily Jin, a research associate at the Center for a New American Security think tank, told Newsweek China's real estate market slump and falling consumer spending—already majo...
By Emily Jin
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U.S. House China Panel Calls Intel, Nvidia and Micron Heads to Testify
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The commitee this week sent letters to Intel, Nvidia and Micron summoning their chief executives to testify, according to everal people familiar with the situation. The move i...
By Emily Kilcrease
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
NK Likely to Continue Provocations for Greater Leverage Before Elections“Rather than having a direct influence on the general elections, the North appears to be seeking conflicts within South Korea and heightened tensions through the provocations ...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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Japanese Company’s Bid for U.S. Steel Tests Biden’s Industrial Policy
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Independent experts say it would be well within historical norms for the committee to evaluate the sale. That will likely include a detailed economic analysis of whether the d...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Noteworthy
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Noteworthy: House Select Committee on CCP Report on Economic CompetitionKey Findings and Recommendations Pillar I: Reset the Terms of Our Economic Relationship With the People’s Republic of China For decades, the PRC has failed to live up to its W...
By Emily Kilcrease, Vivek Chilukuri, Andrew Metrick, Tim Fist & Caleb Withers
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Commodities 2024: Global Crude Supplies Seen Giving Biden Wiggle Room on Oil Sanctions
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US gasoline prices in 2024 will be a factor in any Biden administration decision to tighten oil-related sanctions in an election year when prices at the pump could sway voters...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China Fires Back at U.S. Sanctions
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Why it matters: The sanctions expand on Beijing's previous efforts to criminalize certain kinds of research, intimidate individual researchers, and make it harder for companie...
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. Takes Aim at Financial Institutions with New Russia Sanctions Authority
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The move comes as U.S. funding for Ukraine military aid is running out and the United States and its allies search for new ways to slow Russia's war effort. Washington already...
By Edward Fishman
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How a Yemeni Rebel Group Is Creating Chaos in the Global Economy
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Some countries may feel the impact directly, such as the cash-strapped government of Egypt, which earns more than $9 billion a year from Suez Canal transit fees. But given the...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China Courts Saudi Arabia as Part of Its De-Dollarisation Strategy
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“I think this swap is one of several tools that China is using to increase their role in the global economy, or at least to signal their interest for that to happen,” says Rac...
By Rachel Ziemba
