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UkraineAlert

Jun 24, 2019

Zelenskyy starts off on the right foot with the business community

By Andy Hunder

“I obviously mistook the dress code,” confessed Viacheslav Klymov standing tieless onstage where Ukraine’s president sat clad in his Sunday-best in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 20. The newly-elected president replied to the head of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs not to fret and instantly removed his own tie in front of the audience of seven […]

Inclusive Growth Political Reform

New Atlanticist

Jun 24, 2019

US-China trade war: The dangers of disruption

By Robert Hormats

Both the United States and China are already imposing, or considering imposing, restrictions on imports from each other of advanced high-technology products. In the process, they would be aiming at making their economies and companies less dependent on the other’s supplies of such technologies.  

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jun 21, 2019

Whom do tariffs actually hurt?

By Robert Hormats

If these patterns remain the same in the future, and current US tariffs are raised, as planned,  from the current 10 percent to 25 percent on $200-billion worth of Chinese goods, that would be equivalent to a tax increase on Americans of $20 billion.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2019

The US-China trade wars

By Robert Hormats

At their core, the issues between the world’s two largest economies and military powers are about aspirations, drives, and policies for preeminence.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2019

Avoiding tariff escalation and making the transatlantic economy stronger

By Antonio de Lecea

US exports and jobs can increase if the United States and the EU eliminate current tariffs on industrial goods and reduce the compliance costs of exporting across the Atlantic.

Economy & Business European Union

Event Recap

Jun 20, 2019

Russian influence in Venezuela: What should the United States do?

By Domingo Sadurni

On June 20, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center and its Eurasia Center co-hosted a public event to discuss the extent of Russian involvement in Venezuela, Moscow’s motivations and possible next moves, and how the United States should react. As a wave of international and domestic support for a democratic transition is sweeping […]

English Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

New Atlanticist

Jun 19, 2019

North Korea must regain Washington’s trust, South Korean official says

By David A. Wemer

Special adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in argues that diplomatic and security assurances—not sanctions relief—are the key to achieving North Korean denuclearization

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Korea

New Atlanticist

Jun 18, 2019

Can Xi’s visit to North Korea facilitate US-China trade talks?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first state visit to North Korea this week will underscore Beijing’s clout in Pyongyang and, by doing so, Xi may be looking to re-energize a US effort to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and gain leverage in stalled US-China trade negotiations.

China Korea

New Atlanticist

Jun 18, 2019

A dispatch from Women Deliver: How the private sector is ensuring women are included in more inclusive growth

By Nicole Goldin

The debate demonstrated how the dialogue on the role of the private sector is shifting: from corporate responsibility to corporate interest and from social impact to bottom line impact—and increasingly both.

Inclusive Growth

UkraineAlert

Jun 17, 2019

One month into the Zelenskyy presidency and Ukraine’s still here

By Steven Pifer

Volodymyr Zelenskyy became Ukraine’s sixth president on May 20. The political neophyte’s election raised a host of questions about lack of governing experience, connections to oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, the composition of his inner circle, and his priorities once in office. One month into Zelenskyy’s presidency, those questions still require answers, and we have yet to […]

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