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There Will be Unseen Costs to be Paid over the War in Iran. Who is Weighing Them?

EXPERT INTERVIEW – With an interim agreement expected as early as today between the U.S. and Iran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping [...] More

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The U.S.-China Tariff War – and Some Lessons from History

OPINION — The United States and China are in what you might call a Cold Competition – if not a Cold War. One nation wants to preserve the world order [...] More

Expert Q&A: The Global Security Risks That Come with Tariffs

EXPERT Q&A — President Donald Trump’s raft of global tariffs came into effect early Wednesday – an unprecedented move that punished U.S. allies and [...] More

Trump’s Tariffs Have National Security Implications Too

Trump’s Tariffs Have National Security Implications Too

EXPERT INTERVIEWS — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have spared no nations, slammed several longtime allies, and sent global markets into a [...] More

The Military's Supply Chain Problem

American consumers love next-day shipping. Today, U.S. consumers can order nearly anything and have it delivered to their doors within hours. This [...] More

If the U.S. Doesn't Get China Right, Nothing Else Will Matter

If the U.S. Doesn't Get China Right, Nothing Else Will Matter

General Michael Hayden, the co-host of The Cipher Brief’s Annual Threat Conference for the past two years, has famously said that the world has been [...] More

Bipartisan Hill Group Slams Trump’s China Policy

President Donald Trump’s wooing of Chinese President Xi Jinping has so far failed to deliver the results he promised since their first summit meeting [...] More

U.S. Launches China Trade Probe, a Sign of “Living in the Past”

U.S. President Donald Trump this week decided to launch an investigation into Chinese practices on intellectual property. The move angered Beijing, [...] More

Free Trade’s New Champions

The recently agreed framework for a Europe-Japan free trade agreement could not provide a clearer indication as to the changing of the guard in terms [...] More

Japan and the EU Show That Free Trade Will Not Wait for Trump

Japan and the EU Show That Free Trade Will Not Wait for Trump

In keeping with his America First agenda, President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with the promised new direction in U.S. trade and international [...] More

Is the U.S. Getting Outmaneuvered at Sea?

Retired Admiral James Stavridis believes the Trump Administration fails to recognize the importance of our oceans. In his new book Sea Power: The [...] More

U.S. Internet Firms Could Slowly Lose Edge to Asian Rivals

The McKinsey Global Institute estimated last year that digital trade has a greater impact on economic growth, measured by a nation’s Gross Domestic [...] More

How Can the U.S. Level the Digital Trade Playing Field?

How Can the U.S. Level the Digital Trade Playing Field?

Trade growth has been running flat against GDP growth since 2012. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), global trade volumes grew just 1.3 [...] More