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May 15, 2017

Manning in China-US Focus: The Transatlantic-Pacific Cooperation Imperative

By Robert A. Manning

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Economy & Business

Trade in Action

May 12, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – May 12, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

This week in TradeinAction: Emmanuel Macron wins French presidency, routing Le Pen, Robert Lighthizer won Senate approval Thursday to become President Donald Trump’s top trade envoy, the G7 Finance Meeting starts today and European Trade Ministers meet in Council meeting to discuss Anti Dumping and Ukraine.

Economy & Business European Union

Defense Industrialist

May 10, 2017

Is imported steel a threat to American national security?

By James Hasik

It hasn’t been, it isn’t now, and it probably won’t be in the future. Last month, President Donald Trump promulgated a memorandum on “Steel Imports and Threats to National Security,” directing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to consider whether “steel is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to […]

Defense Industry Economy & Business

Trade in Action

May 4, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – May 4, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

This week in TradeinAction: Happy World Trade Month! On the US side, the new US government has passed its first 100 days in office and the Senate has passed a $1 trillion spending bill that would keep the government running until September. 

Economy & Business European Union

Issue Brief

May 3, 2017

Strengthening the transatlantic-pacific partnership

By Robert A. Manning

This issue brief is the product of a pilot project of the Atlantic Council’s efforts to establish an Asia-Pacific Center. It is drawn from a series of workshops exploring the key question of how to strengthen Trans-Atlantic-Pacific cooperation on regional and global issues.

Australia China

Issue Brief

May 3, 2017

Strengthening the transatlantic-pacific partnership

By Robert A. Manning

This issue brief is the product of a pilot project of the Atlantic Council’s efforts to establish an Asia-Pacific Center. It is drawn from a series of workshops exploring the key question of how to strengthen Trans-Atlantic-Pacific cooperation on regional and global issues.

Australia China

Trade in Action

Apr 28, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – April 28, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

This week in TradeinAction: The IMF and World Bank Spring meetings came to a close on Sunday, highlighting the importance of inclusive growth and trade. All the while, French voters went to the polls in the first round of the presidential election. The top two candidates, independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen, go into a runoff […]

Economy & Business European Union

Defense Industrialist

Apr 28, 2017

Evolution and the occasional über-gizmo

By James Hasik

Thoughts on corporate strategies in the military aircraft industry  Last week, I provided a guest lecture at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, that graduate college of the National Defense University formerly known as the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. The school was founded in 1924 as the Army Industrial College, on a […]

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

Defense Industrialist

Apr 21, 2017

An excess of buying and hiring American

By James Hasik

There are, of course, very valid strategic reasons for the United States to retain some degree of autarky in its armaments production. But if the engineers, logisticians, marketers, and financiers are coming to the United States, to work in the United States on long-term visas, building armaments for the American military, aren’t they then Americans?

Defense Industry Economy & Business

Event Recap

Apr 21, 2017

Multilateral Cooperation – The Key to a New Era of Inclusive Global Development?

By Global Business & Economics Program

On April 20, the Atlantic Council’s EuroGrowth Initiative hosted Dr. Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Mr. Robert Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank, US Trade Representative and former Deputy Secretary of State. Fred Kempe, Atlantic Council CEO, moderated the conversation.

Economy & Business European Union

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