New Atlanticist

Jan 16, 2025

Trump has an advantage in upcoming USMCA trade talks. Here’s how his team can use it.

By Sophia Busch

The Trump administration should take stock of the economic leverage—and dependencies—the United States has with Mexico and Canada ahead of 2026.

Economy & Business
Mexico

Transcript

Jan 16, 2025

Daleep Singh outlines five principles to guide—and constrain—the use of economic statecraft tools

By Atlantic Council

Speaking at an Atlantic Council event, Daleep Singh said that the world needs common rules of engagement for why, when, and how to use restrictive economic measures.

Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

Transcript

Jan 16, 2025

The world needs a common vision for the responsible use of economic statecraft tools

By Daleep Singh

At an Atlantic Council event, US Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh outlined five principles for restrictive economic statecraft.

Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

Econographics

Jan 16, 2025

China’s economic performance: New numbers, same overstatement

By Daniel H. Rosen and Jeremy Smith

Is China’s economic slowdown more severe than reflected in official data? Here’s a cheat sheet for looking at actual economic performance in 2024 and 2025.

China
Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jan 10, 2025

Five questions (and expert answers) about Biden’s final round of sanctions on Russia

By Atlantic Council experts

In likely the last such action by the Biden administration against the Kremlin, the US Treasury Department just announced tough new sanctions targeting the Russian oil and gas industry.

Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

New Atlanticist

Jan 3, 2025

Biden’s blocked US Steel deal carries big risks. Here are the top three.

By Sarah Bauerle Danzman

On January 3, the US president blocked Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of the US company on national security grounds. It could have important consequences in the years ahead.

China
Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jan 3, 2025

Five big questions about the global economy in 2025

By Josh Lipsky, Sophia Busch

The answers to each of these questions will help determine the United States’ economic standing in the next twenty-five years.

China
Digital Currencies

New Atlanticist

Jan 3, 2025

The Atlantic Council’s greatest hits of 2024

By Frederick Kempe

These articles, reports, initiatives, and convenings represent the best of the Atlantic Council’s work in 2024 to shape the global future together with allies and partners.

Economy & Business
Energy & Environment

Econographics

Dec 20, 2024

A policy blueprint for the Trump administration’s outbound investment screening regime

By Kit Conklin

As the Trump administration enters its second term, addressing economic and military threats posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will remain a cornerstone of its foreign policy and legislative agenda. One area primed for action is the expansion of outbound investment restrictions targeting companies and securities associated with the PRC’s military.

Americas
China

New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2024

By the numbers: The global economy in 2024

By GeoEconomics Center experts

Our GeoEconomics Center experts take you inside the numbers that mattered—including many you may have missed—in 2024.

Digital Currencies
Digital Policy