GeoEconomics Commentary & Analysis

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Fast Thinking

Apr 29, 2021

FAST THINKING: Biden’s challenge to China and Congress

By Atlantic Council

President Joe Biden described an array of challenges at home and abroad during a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to mark one hundred whirlwind days in office. To a socially distanced hall of masked dignitaries, Biden staked out ambitious domestic plans and placed them in the frame of broader competition with China to “win the 21st century.”

Climate Change & Climate Action Coronavirus

EconoGraphics

Apr 28, 2021

Rollout of the digital yuan

By The GeoEconomics Center

28. That’s the number of cities where China’s about to test drive the digital yuan. Our new animated map shows the rapid expansion planned for the mainland over the next eight months.

China Digital Currencies

In the News

Apr 26, 2021

Busch in The Hill: EU tariff retaliation throttles Harley-Davidson

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes in The Hill that EU tariffs on Harley-Davidson are another example as to why US steel and aluminum tariffs need to be ended before another round of EU tariffs in June and July.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

TradeWorld

Apr 22, 2021

Vaccines and TRIPS: The new trade policy challenges

By Barbara C. Matthews

Economic growth trajectories and human health vulnerabilities will be defined by a successful global vaccination rollout. Central to this will be the TRIPs Agreement, which helps govern global cross-border trade, innovation, and technology transfer, and compulsory licenses.

European Union Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2021

A world apart: How wealthy nations can strengthen the COVID safety net

By Jeremy Mark and Vasuki Shastry

The international community has delivered important progress in combating the impact of COVID-19, but much more is needed to assist low-income countries. While the IMF's Special Drawing Rights are a good start, G20 nations must help restructure the debts of developing nations and fund vaccine distribution.

Africa China

New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2021

Is the US-China strategic competition a cold war?

By Hung Tran

There has been a renewed debate on whether the heightened tension between China and the United States should be called a new cold war.

China Economy & Business

Econographics

Apr 20, 2021

The Rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies

By GeoEconomics Center

What exactly is a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and how does the research compare globally?

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Blog Post

Apr 19, 2021

An EAR-evolution? What Commerce’s military intelligence end-user rule may foretell

By Annie Froehlich

Export controls have become an increasingly prominent tool in the US' foreign policy. However, a new rule that restricts the activities of US persons may foretell a shift in tactics.

Arms Control China

Fast Thinking

Apr 15, 2021

FAST THINKING: Biden hits back at Putin

By Atlantic Council

Today the Biden administration hit thirty-two Russian government officials and entities, plus six companies, with economic sanctions in retaliation for the SolarWinds hack, 2020 election interference, and other Russian malfeasance. What measures matter most?

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

EconoGraphics

Apr 14, 2021

Global Sanctions Dashboard: March

By Julia Friedlander, Michael Albanese and Castellum.AI

Growing international sanctions response to Chinese behavior, the Iran nuclear deal talks in Vienna, and the crisis in Myanmar.

China European Union
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