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The Perils of a U.S. Trade War with an Overconfident China 

OPINION — The trade war with China is intensifying and could ultimately lead to conflict. While President Donald Trump paused tariffs for 90 days on [...] More

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The Military's Supply Chain Problem

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

Trump Administration Risks Falling into Protectionist Trap

In recent years, global trade growth has slowed significantly, even creeping below global GDP growth at a level that hasn’t been seen in decades. [...] 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

Belt and Road Summit: Beijing’s Push on Trade

Forgive free-trade advocates for being a bit disoriented this year. The vertigo hit hard in January, when trade’s most notable defender at the World [...] More
The “China Solution”: Beijing Aims for Global Leadership

The “China Solution”: Beijing Aims for Global Leadership

U.S. President Donald Trump marked his 100th day in office with an executive order calling for a review of U.S. trade deals, as well as its [...] More