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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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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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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
‘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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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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With Power Move On Rare Earths, China Plays Both Victim and Bully
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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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“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
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China’s New Weapon in U.S. 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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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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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
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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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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Allies Viewed as Less Willing to De-Risk From China If U.S. Eases Export Controls
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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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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
