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Analysts, Advocates Sound off During Day One of USTR’s Hearing on USMCA
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Trade researchers on Wednesday presented a largely positive assessment of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s performance to date – along with a host of targeted recommendation...
By Emily Kilcrease
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USMCA Partners Urged to Form Joint Economic Security Mechanism to Address China Challenge
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Witnesses at a US trade agency hearing are pushing officials to put economic security high on the agenda to counter China ahead of a high-stakes review of the United States-Me...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Wi-Fi Giant’s Vietnam Factory Raises Questions over China Split
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China-founded Wi-Fi behemoth TP-Link Systems Inc. is trying to convince US national security officials it’s independent from Beijing. The circumstances surrounding its Vietnam...
By Liza Tobin
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PIF-Backed Takeover of Electronic Arts Tests U.S. Security Regime
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The $55bn Saudi-backed takeover of US gaming giant Electronic Arts has sparked concerns that the US’s investment screening watchdog isn’t in a position to tackle the full brea...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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How America Fell Behind in the Rare-Earth Race—and How It Hopes to Come Back
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The United States has known for years that its economy runs on materials that it can’t control. The rare-earth metals that power F-35 fighter jets, electric vehicles, and iPho...
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.N. Security Council Removes Syria’s President from Sanctions List
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The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to remove President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria from a terrorism sanctions list, just days before his planned visit to Washin...
By Alex Zerden
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Supreme Court’s Skepticism on Trump Tariffs Means Uncertainty Reigns
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President Donald Trump’s use of broad powers to impose his signature tariffs faced a barrage of skeptical questions at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that signal it may be rea...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What If Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal? It’s Everybody’s Problem
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Opponents of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs are finally getting their day in the U.S. Supreme Court....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Tariffs Are Trump’s Favorite Foreign Policy Tool. The Supreme Court Could Change How He Uses Them
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President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will....
By Emily Kilcrease
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China Talks Put Markets at Ease, for Now
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The first in-person meeting in six years between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping brought a round of mutual concessions on issues underpinning recent tensi...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump-Xi ‘Amazing’ Summit Brings Tactical Truce, Not Major ResetU.S. President Donald Trump hailed a meeting with China's Xi Jinping as "amazing" and "12" on a 10-point scale, but the agreement the two leaders reached appears to be no more...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Has Made U.S.-China Relations All About TradeUnder Trump, trade has come to be the dominant theme of the relationship between the United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies....
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
‘Grand Bargain’ Between Trump and Xi UnlikelyThe Trump-Xi meeting is unlikely to result in the “grand bargain” that some may hope for, said Emily Kilcrease, a senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics and Secur...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Lakshmi Mittal’s Energy Venture Bought Russian Oil Transported on Blacklisted Ships
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Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal’s energy joint venture in India has bought Russian oil transported on sanctions-listed vessels, according to an analysis of satellite imagery, ship...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Syria’s Fractured Banking Sector Poses New Challenge for U.S. Regulators
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Syria is continuing to focus on attracting foreign investment as it seeks to be reintegrated into the global financial system, but the country’s damaged banking sector poses a...
By Alex Zerden
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With Power Move On Rare Earths, China Plays Both Victim and Bully
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By Emily Kilcrease
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With Power Move On Rare Earths, China Plays Both Victim and Bully
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In Beijing’s version of the trade war, the United States is the bully and China is a victim, a rising power trying to protect the global economy while Washington unfairly hurl...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Exclusive: U.S. Mulls Curbs on Exports to China Made with U.S. Software, Sources Say
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The Trump administration is considering a plan to curb a dizzying array of software-powered exports to China, from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing's lates...
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.S. Hits Top Russian Oil Companies with Sanctions, EU Bans Russian LNG
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia for the first time in his second term, targeting oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft as his f...
By Edward Fishman
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“A Really Powerful Tool”
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The Entity List has become one of America’s favorite weapons in its economic arsenal. The Trump administration just increased it by more than 20,000 companies, provoking ire f...
By Emily Kilcrease
