Economy Analysis
Americans across the nation are feeling the effects of an unprecedented supply chain crisis. Prices for everyday essentials like milk and gas have skyrocketed and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In an attempt to lay out the Biden administration’s approach to charting the course of the U.S.-China economic relationship, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai underscored… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The recently unveiled U.S.-Australia-U.K. trilateral security partnership is intended to deepen the security ties between the three longtime allies. The new partnership has been marketed… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Aluminum prices are up 59% from a year ago, and America’s 10% tariffs on the metal are not relieving any headaches at beer and non-alcoholic… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The case for prioritizing a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement remains strong. Consider a recent letter to envoy Bi-khim Hsiao, the top official representing Taiwan in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“Clean energy” has become a shorthand term for the broad policy debate on how to achieve environmentally safe economic growth and enhance America’s energy security…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued 13 withhold release orders against imports from China since 2018 to stop goods produced with forced labor from… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, seven Republican senators have underscored the importance of resuming the negotiation of a bilateral U.S.-Kenya trade… Read More
EconomyNews
State and territorial attorneys general are appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of their antitrust complaint against Facebook. The complaint, filed Wednesday by 48 state and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Bulgaria on July 8 and 9 will host the fourth business forum of the Three Seas Initiative, commonly referred to internationally as “the 3SI.” This… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Earlier this month, the Senate approved the 2021 United States Innovation and Competition Act, which includes a significant trade amendment called the Trade Act of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s been almost half a century since the end of the Vietnam War, and the relationship between the United States and Vietnam, particularly in terms… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Tensions between China and the Philippines are rising in the South China Sea. How this conflict plays out will have long-lasting effects on the power… Read More
InternationalCommentary
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis announced a deal May 17 that many are calling a “cease-fire” on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Lumber prices have gone through the roof over the past year—up 370%. The lumber needed to build a new home now costs nearly $36,000 more… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In a recent joint letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Finance subcommittee on international trade, customs,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Since 1948, the U.S. annually has celebrated World Trade Month and World Trade Week in May. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan described World Trade Week… Read More
EconomyCommentary
At last week’s climate summit, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai underscored that “trade policy can be a powerful tool to create incentives for positive competition” as countries… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In her first media interview since being confirmed United States trade representative, Katherine Tai said last week she is in no rush to lift tariffs… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If the existing trade disputes with China were not bad enough for American farmers, now another trade action could hurt them. It will also likely… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“No negotiator walks away from leverage, right? … Every good negotiator retains his or her leverage to use it.” That’s what recently installed U.S. Trade… Read More
InternationalCommentary
March 15 marked the 30th anniversary of the reestablishment of ties between the United States and Albania. Commemorating the occasion, U.S. Ambassador Yuri Kim noted… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In a phone conversation last week, Vice President Kamala Harris and the new director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, concurred on the need… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The newly published “Interim National Security Strategic Guidance” by the Biden administration underscores that the United States “will support Taiwan, a leading democracy and a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In his first bilateral meeting with a foreign leader since taking office, President Joe Biden met virtually with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Katherine Tai will testify on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, as she seeks to become the U.S. trade representative in the Biden administration. If… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Sunday was supposed to mark the end of a three-year rinse cycle for Americans, at least when it comes to higher prices for washing machines…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Half a decade ago in Seoul, then-Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the importance of the U.S.-South Korea alliance by noting: South Korea is a nation that has faced down… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Jan. 15 marks one year since the U.S. and China signed a bilateral agreement, known as the Phase One deal, establishing new rules on trade…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, chairman of the House Ways and Means trade subcommittee, introduced legislation this week that would renew a trade program that eliminates tariffs… Read More
