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Trump Wanted a Trade Deal. Xi Opened a New Front Instead.
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Beijing shattered a fragile trade truce with Washington this week, announcing sweeping restrictions on exports that contain even trace amounts of Chinese rare earth....
By Liza Tobin
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China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries
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The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
China Flexes Rare Earth Leverage. What That Could Mean for Trump-Xi Meet.China unveiled more expansive export restrictions for its rare earth supply chain on Thursday, just weeks before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expec...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Why the Trump Administration’s 50 Percent Rule Is a Big Deal for Exports to China
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Since President Trump first took office eight years ago, the United States has added almost 1,000 Chinese companies to a trade blacklist known as the Entity List. A rule chang...
By Emily Kilcrease
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White House Equity Grabs Deepen Pivot to State Capitalism
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The Trump administration has signalled that its strategy of taking equity in private companies to secure critical supply chains is just beginning, laying bare to domestic and ...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump Expands Global Technology Net with Rules Covering Subsidiaries
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The Trump administration sought to close a potential loophole in its global technology restrictions on Monday by expanding the range of companies that are subject to sanctions...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump-Xi Call Thaws U.S.-China Relations, but No Clear TikTok Deal YetUnited States President Donald Trump has spent the better part of this week touting a TikTok “deal” with China, but experts say it is far from finalised after both sides share...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Congress Wants to Label Russia a Terrorism Sponsor. Will It Happen?The U.S. Senate has fast-tracked a bipartisan bill to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism if it fails to return thousands of Ukrainian children it has “kidnapped, deport...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Middle East Money Drives Silicon Valley and Wall Street’s AI AmbitionsThe artificial intelligence sector is notoriously capital intensive. Building out data centers or fabrication plants for semiconductor chips needed to power them can cost bill...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s New Trade Actions Pressure Nations to Impose Tariffs
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The Trump administration is expanding its foreign policy strategy by pressuring other countries to join the U.S. in imposing tariffs or taking other trade action, part of an e...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
TikTok Deal Looms as China Talks StallPresident Donald Trump appears to be on the precipice of scoring a TikTok deal with Beijing....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Abu Dhabi’s Multibillion-Dollar Energy Push Faces Early StumblesA year ago, Abu Dhabi launched a high-profile energy investment firm hoping to deploy billions of dollars on deals around the world. While there were early successes in the US...
By Rachel Ziemba
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TSMC Navigates Choppy Waters in Global Expansion Push
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In late August, naysayers of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) international expansion had a brief “I told you so” moment amid speculation that the U.S. governme...
By J Travis Mosier
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S.-India Relations Strained by Shifting Alliances and Economic PressuresPresident Donald Trump expressed concern that the United States has “lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” following a series of appearances by Chinese President ...
By Lisa Curtis
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The Fight to Preserve North American Trade
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Canada has spent months wrangling with the United States over tariffs, but the real discussion about the future of North American trade is only just beginning....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
India to Seek New Trade Partners, U.S. Deal in Face of New Trump TariffsAs Washington’s 50 per cent tariff on India took effect on Wednesday, among the highest in place against any country, New Delhi has settled on a hedging strategy – keep seekin...
By Lisa Curtis
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Behind India’s Massive Russian Oil Imports: Asia’s Richest ManUnited States President Donald Trump’s additional 25 percent tariff on India for its imports from Russia, saying it is helping fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine, has put the South ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
What Trump’s Intel Move Says About His Stance on U.S. FirmsThe White House has confirmed that the Trump administration is in talks with Intel about acquiring a stake of up to 10% in the chipmaker....
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump Administration Said to Discuss Taking Stake in Intel
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The Trump administration is in talks with Intel Corp. to have the US government take a stake in the beleaguered chipmaker, according to people familiar with the plan, in the l...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Trump’s Chip Deal Sets New Pay-to-Play Precedent for U.S. ExportersPresident Donald Trump’s agreement with two leading American producers of computer chips to take a cut of their revenue in exchange for permission to export products to China ...
By Liza Tobin
