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Geoeconomics
Geoeconomics
We assess the impact of the US political economy on the international institutions that govern the global economy and broader changes in international economic affairs.
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Inevitable Clash When Climate Meets Trade at the Border
Inevitable Clash When Climate Meets Trade at the Border
As the evolution of climate policy sees carbon-neutral targets and climate taxes going more mainstream, the trade regime is being put under increasing pressure.
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US-EU-UK Trade: Balancing the Three-Legged Stool
US-EU-UK Trade: Balancing the Three-Legged Stool
The US, EU, and UK should focus on their set of bilateral trade negotiations, address shared concerns regarding the global trade system, and remove underlying trade tensions among themselves.
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Economic Diplomacy in the Era of Great Powers
Economic Diplomacy in the Era of Great Powers
The 21st-century global economy has different drivers from those in the previous century. Amid ever more politicized trade relations, economic diplomacy needs a more transparent framework.
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Reforming the World Trade Organization: Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation and the Global Trade System
Reforming the World Trade Organization: Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation and the Global Trade System
With trade tensions increasingly politicized, a key appeals process suspended and COVID-19 creating huge economic challenges, a modernized and fully functioning WTO is more essential than ever. This paper makes the case for transatlantic cooperation as a necessary, though insufficient alone, condition for WTO reform.
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The Future of the Global Trade System
The Future of the Global Trade System
United States trade representative Robert E Lighthizer provides his outlook on the future of international trading systems in a COVID-19 world.
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National Self-Sufficiency or Globalization is Not a Binary Choice
National Self-Sufficiency or Globalization is Not a Binary Choice
COVID-19 exposes the fragility of global supply chains, leaving companies and policymakers to reconsider a decades-long focus on efficiency and reducing costs by operating on a ‘just in time’ basis.
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The EU Cannot Build a Foreign Policy on Regulatory Power Alone
The EU Cannot Build a Foreign Policy on Regulatory Power Alone
Brussels will find its much-vaunted heft in setting standards cannot help it advance its geopolitical interests, argues Alan Beattie.
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A Conversation With: Steven T Mnuchin, Secretary, US Treasury
A Conversation With: Steven T Mnuchin, Secretary, US Treasury
As part of the launch of Chatham House’s centenary celebrations for 2020, US Secretary of the Treasury Steven T Mnuchin reflects on the future of the global order.
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US–China Strategic Competition
US–China Strategic Competition
The current dispute between the US and China goes far beyond trade tariffs and tit-for-tat reprisals: the underlying driver is a race for global technological supremacy. This paper examines the risks of greater strategic competition as well as potential solutions for mitigating the impacts of the US–China economic confrontation.
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Stretching the rules will not save global trade
Stretching the rules will not save global trade
The champions of global trade are inadvertently taking steps that undermine the World Trade Organisation (WTO).