Refocusing U.S.-China Climate Relations
Zero-sum competition between the U.S. and China holds disastrous consequences for the climate. A new model is needed.
The New Superweapon
Earlier this month, when the Biden administration imposed the most sweeping export restrictions yet on semiconductors, it represented the culmination of a U.S. tech policy...
China’s Changing Energy Trade
A look at how U.S.-China trade in energy commodities has changed this year, and what it means for the future of trade between the two...
Is The Sino-Russia Relationship Cracking?
A careful examination of recent events should discourage any wishful thinking that Beijing is distancing itself from Moscow.
Susan Thornton on Escaping the Zero-Sum Mindset in U.S.-China Relations
The lifelong diplomat talks about how domestic politics has impacted the U.S.-China relationship, why not everything should be done in a bilateral context, and why...
Date Deception
Thanks to the recent enactment of the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has had its hands full with imports from...
Robert Zoellick on Accepting China as It Is
The former U.S. Trade Representative, diplomat and World Bank president talks about his 40-year relationship with China, including refreshing the WTO deal; the danger of...
The Battery King
By 2020, the Chinese battery maker CATL was supplying almost every electric carmaker, giving the company a dominant position in the transition away from fossil...
Fred Bergsten on Rewriting the Rules of the U.S.-China Relationship
The influential economist talks about China's affect on the U.S. psyche, why globalization has been on the defensive for 25 years, and why economic leverage...
Lawrence Summers on the Principles of a Multipolar System
The lionized economist talks about alternatives and counterfactuals in the U.S.-China relationship; the lessons from both the Japanese and Russian experiences; and why truculence is...
The Inflationary Consequences of Deglobalization
Globalization previously made it easier for major central banks to pursue and maintain low inflation.
Bonnie Glaser on What Deters China vs. What Provokes China
The scholar talks about why a U.S. trade agreement with Taiwan is justified; Xi Jinping's Taiwan timeline; and how to change China's cost-benefit calculus, not...