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In the News

Aug 13, 2019

Hruby in Foreign Policy: In Africa, China is the news

By Atlantic Council

Africa
China

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2019

The winners and losers of the US-China trade war

By Andrew LaScaleia

The world continues to become more economically intertwined as each day passes, and as the US-China conflict escalates, more countries will find themselves impacted for better or for worse via supply chains, foreign demand and investment, and insecurity.

China
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
Rally against USMCA

New Atlanticist

Aug 12, 2019

Back to the future on trade with the USMCA

By Mark Linscott

just like today, House Democrats in 2007 sought changes to pending agreements in their provisions on labor, environment, and intellectual property protections for pharmaceutical products.

Mexico
Trade and tariffs

UkraineAlert

Aug 12, 2019

Want foreign investors to take Ukraine seriously? Prove it

By Anatoly Motkin

Investors want predictability and protection.

Financial Regulation
Rule of Law

EconoGraphics

Aug 9, 2019

Breaking Down France’s Digital Tax

By BY ANDREW LASCALEIA, EDITED BY OLE MOEHR | GRAPHICS BY MARIANNA ASLUND AND ANDREW LASCALEIA

In July, France’s parliament ratified a new law to tax big digital tech firms making it the first country to pass a tax law of this manner. Paris’ new tax scheme triggered criticism from the Trump Administration and is further complicating the transatlantic relationship. This edition of the EconoGraphic explains the motivation behind taxing digital technology firms more aggressively, the way that the French tax will work, and the potential impacts and response to the tax.

Economy & Business
Financial Regulation

UkraineAlert

Aug 8, 2019

One way to ease Ukraine’s labor shortage

By Svitlana Butenko, Stuart Linder, and Valeriia Mykhalko

Ukraine can create the conditions where both refugees and asylum seekers can provide for themselves.

Inclusive Growth
Migration

In the News

Aug 6, 2019

O’Toole quoted in Bloomberg on financial transaction between Chinese banks and North Korea

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Financial Regulation

New Atlanticist

Aug 6, 2019

Washington brands Beijing a currency manipulator as trade tensions mount

By David A. Wemer

While the official ramifications of the currency manipulator designation will be limited, it risks escalating the trade tensions between the two countries even more

China
Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Aug 5, 2019

New Russia sanctions: Justified, but feeble and awkward

By Daniel Fried, Brian O'Toole, and David Mortlock

Muddied signals, weak sanctions, and uncertain rollout are no way to respond to Putin’s continuing misdeeds.

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
Russia

In the News

Aug 4, 2019

Dagres quoted in the Independent on Iran’s seizure of an oil tanker

By Atlantic Council

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
Iran

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