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Featured Analysis

Economic Outlook for 2019

New Atlanticist Aug 11, 2025

The US-EU trade agreement is not set in stone. This presents pitfalls and opportunities.

By Charles Lichfield

The trade and tariff deal recently struck in Scotland has several important elements that are yet to be determined.
Economy & Business European Union
Economic Outlook for 2019

New Atlanticist Aug 4, 2025

Trump’s review of US membership in the IMF offers a rare chance for reform

By Martin Mühleisen

The institution needs its major shareholders aligned to tackle new challenges, and it deserves a management team qualified to lead it on this new path.
Economy & Business International Financial Institutions
Economic Outlook for 2019

New Atlanticist Aug 1, 2025

How Donald Trump remade global trade

By Josh Lipsky

The US president has smashed the system, but the speed and scale of the smashing owes to a system that had been growing increasingly brittle for years. 
Economy & Business Macroeconomics
Economic Outlook for 2019

Econographics Jul 31, 2025

Beijing extends and pretends to deal with its mountain of local government debt

By Jeremy Mark

Beijing’s three-year local debt restructuring plan fails to actually address the trillions of dollars weighing on local governments and will only cause greater problems down the road.
China Economy & Business
Economic Outlook for 2019

Econographics Aug 22, 2025

Trump’s challenges to the Fed’s independence loom over Jackson Hole Symposium

By Alisha Chhangani

As Trump tests the limits of what he can do, the credibility of the Fed—and by extension, global financial stability—is increasingly at risk.
Economy & Business Macroeconomics
Economic Outlook for 2019

New Atlanticist Jul 17, 2025

What Ancient Greece can teach the United States about defending against cyber attacks

By Carole House

Applying lessons from the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC to present-day cyber warfare is surprisingly instructive.
Cybersecurity Iran

In-Depth Research

Economic Outlook for 2019

Issue Brief Jun 6, 2025

How Japanese economic statecraft has shifted from promotion to protection

By Charles Lichfield

Japan is in a geopolitically challenging neighborhood and is witnessing the basic tenets of its foreign policy—from alignment with the United States to fostering a rules-based environment—come under unprecedented stress.
East Asia Economy & Business
Economic Outlook for 2019

Issue Brief Apr 28, 2025

Modernizing the tools of economic statecraft to meet the challenges of today

By Lesley Chavkin, Eitan Danon, Kimberly Donovan, Andrew Gallucci, and Caroline Hill

As the current administration revisits the functions and mechanics of government, near-term steps can be taken, under existing statutory authorities, to modernize how the United States uses its economic strength to combat national security threats and promote American interests.
Economy & Business Financial Crimes & Illicit Trade
Economic Outlook for 2019

Issue Brief Mar 3, 2025

Financing the future: Unlocking private capital for global infrastructure and climate goals

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou, Nisha Narayanan, Hung Tran

MDBs and international financial institutions alone cannot bridge the climate and development financing gaps.
Economy & Business Financial Regulation

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Econographics

Feb 20, 2026

To bridge the transatlantic productivity divide, Europe needs structural reforms—and AI

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Hung Tran</span>

Policymakers and investors should actively incentivize laggard firms to adopt productivity-enhancing practices and technologies.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
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Podcast

Feb 19, 2026

Inside the Trump trade strategy with USTR’s Jamieson Greer

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert" >the Atlantic Council</span>

An AC Front Page conversation with Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy
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Podcast

Feb 19, 2026

2026 Predictions: Washington vs. Wall Street

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert" >the GeoEconomics Center</span>

Josh Lipsky and Sophia Busch test the GeoEconomics Center’s predictions for the 2026 global economy with Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius.

Economy & Business
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Content

Blogs

Dec 21, 2018

Economic Outlook for 2019

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Global Business & Economics Program</span>

December 2018 is set to become the worst year-end finish for US markets since 1931. A yield curve inversion combined with the fourth annual rate hike by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and growing geo-political uncertainty, triggered widespread angst among US investors about an economic slowdown and the increasing probability of a recession. This edition of the EconoGraphic assesses key economic indicators to make a case that while a slowing of the US economy seems certain, a recession in the next two years remains unlikely.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Dec 21, 2018

Brexit will be detrimental for US ties with the UK and the EU

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Stuart E. Eizenstat</span>

Brexit will be a blow to US-UK economic relations, to US companies doing business in the UK, and to the economy of the UK, the United States’ closest ally.

European Union Macroeconomics

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2018

2018: a snapshot

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >David A. Wemer</span>

As 2018 draws to a close, we take a look at some of the biggest news stories of the year from around the world.

Economy & Business International Organizations

Trade in Action

Dec 20, 2018

TRADE IN ACTION December 20, 2018

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Global Business & Economics Program</span>

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2018

The RUSAL deal: a good outcome?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Brian O'Toole</span>

Sanctions targeting RUSAL’s founder and now indirect minority shareholder, Oleg Deripaska, worked exactly the way they are supposed to.

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2018

The United States and its allies need to understand China’s North Korea policy

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Taisuke Mibae</span>

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on October 26 marked the first time in seven years that a serving Japanese prime minister has traveled to China for official bilateral meetings with his counterparts. Lost in the headlines of this historic summit was the fact that the two leaders […]

China Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2018

A view From congress

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ashish Kumar Sen</span>

wo US lawmakers—one serving and another incoming—listed their top national security concerns at the Atlantic Council’s Annual Forum in Washington on December 14.

Economy & Business United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2018

Why it will be hard to kill NAFTA if Congress does not approve Trump’s trade deal with Mexico and Canada

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ashish Kumar Sen</span>

“If the new treaty doesn’t pass, NAFTA will be more resilient and more difficult to kill,” said Jesus Seade, Chief NAFTA negator for Andres Manuel López Obrador, at the Atlantic Council’s Annual Forum in Washington on December 14.

Economy & Business Mexico
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Trade in Action

Dec 14, 2018

TRADE IN ACTION December 14, 2018

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Global Business & Economics Program</span>

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2018

Opposition to Nord Stream 2 gathers steam on both sides of the Atlantic

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Agnia Grigas</span>

Although largely symbolic gestures, these actions signal growing bipartisan opposition in Washington and a hardening of Brussels’ stance toward Nord Stream 2.

European Union Eurozone
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Experts

Fellow

Hagar Hajjar Chemali

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

Staff

Alisha Chhangani

Associate Director

GeoEconomics Center

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Advisory Council member

Laura Chinchilla

Former President, Costa Rica

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Central America Economy & Business

Fellow

Julie Chon

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Americas China

Fellow

Victoria Chonn-Ching

Nonresident Fellow

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Americas China

Fellow

Claire Chu

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

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Events

Public Event Tue, February 24, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

Unlocking new opportunities in US-Guatemala trade and investment
Americas Central America Economy & Business Latin America
Public Event Wed, March 4, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

EXIM Bank Chairman John Jovanovic on US priorities for global competitiveness

AN AC FRONT PAGE EVENT—John Jovanovic, president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, discusses EXIM’s role in supporting US manufacturing, strengthening supply chains, and recalibrating trade.
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia Geopolitics & Energy Security Trade and tariffs
Flagship Event Fri, December 11, 2026 • 8:30 am ET

2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

The Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics is an annual flagship convening focused on issues at the nexus of economics, finance, foreign policy, and national security.
Digital Policy Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union