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Congress regulates commerce with foreign nations, and the president makes treaties. Who then, has the first and last word on treaties related to foreign commerce?
The Biden administration should rethink its geoeconomic toolkit and work with Congress to provide the executive branch more effective means to respond to predatory Chinese economic policy.
An old trade statute could help the U.S. foreclose inadvertent domestic demand for goods made with forced labor. But the statute must be revised to accomplish that goal.
Fault Lines welcomes David Dollar, Senior Fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. How should we think about the trade deficit with China? Is decoupling possible? How dangerous is the Belt and Road Initiative? David and host Lester Munson, answer these questions and many more on this week’s episode of Fault Lines!
The United States needs a theory of sanctions, based on honest reflection and study of how economic pressure can and can’t induce the types of behavioral changes that policymakers aim for.
Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news.
The NBA, and the world, should take a firmer stance against China's use of economic coercion to try to silence critical international voices.
Trump Clouds Trade Talks With Comments to Media
A tense standoff in the waters southwest of Vietnam is about to enter its seventh week. Throughout May and June, Chinese Coast Guard vessels aggressively patrolled around Malaysian and Vietnamese oil drilling platforms.
On July 12, President Trump surprisingly decided not to levy a quota on uranium imports, departing from his past enthusiasm for limiting purchases from abroad. The yearlong lead-up serves as the latest example of the president’s extensive power over trade.