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Inflection Points

Jun 1, 2019

Special edition: Xi and Putin’s budding bromance

By Frederick Kempe

For now, what binds them together is common cause against US global leadership, their shared interest in political survival, their similarly autocratic systems and the personal closeness that has grown between leaders who have acted to concentrate more power in their own hands.

China Russia

EnergySource

May 30, 2019

Energy governance and China’s bid for global grid integration

By Phillip Cornell

Energy projects have always been a major part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure mega-plan for Eurasia. The enormity of that plan was on display at the BRI Forum last month, where an official report was released estimating that energy investments in BRI countries would add up to $27 trillion by 2050, with […]

China Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

May 22, 2019

Tran Quoted in the Financial Times on Shifting Trade and Supply Chains

Read the full article here.

China

Event Recap

May 22, 2019

Brazilian VP in China: A turning point for Brazil-China relations?

By Paulina Ornelas

Brazilian Vice President, Hamilton Mourão, was in China for a six-day trip ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro’s trip to the country later this year. The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center held a conference call just before the China–Brazil High-Level Cooperation and Commission (COSBAN) meeting to assess expectations and possible key outcomes to Brazil-China […]

Brazil China

New Atlanticist

May 15, 2019

Dial 911: Trump’s telecommunications national emergency

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump on May 15 declared a “national emergency” that gives his administration the power to prevent US companies from doing business with foreign suppliers, including, potentially, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.

China Defense Technologies

New Atlanticist

May 13, 2019

US-China trade war: Escalation with no end in sight

By Hung Tran

The international community needs to be much more concerned about the current situation and more active in finding a way to engage both governments. Washington and Beijing still have time to walk back from the brink.

China Economy & Business

Inflection Points

May 12, 2019

Ending US-China illusions

By Frederick Kempe

Near dead is the notion that both sides would inevitably compromise because they so badly need an agreement for their own political and economic purposes. 

China Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

May 11, 2019

After China, will the EU be the next target of Trump’s tariffs?

By Marie Kasperek

Trump’s focus could next shift to a different front: a May 18 deadline to decide on how to react to a US Commerce Department report — a decision that could result in tariffs on imported cars and car parts.

China Economy & Business

In the News

May 10, 2019

Crow Joins CNBC to Discuss US-China Trade Tensions

Watch the full discussion here.

China

MENASource

May 9, 2019

Xi Jinping’s promise of an open BRI bodes well for Chinese-Gulf relations

By Dan Katz

Promises made by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the biennial Belt and Road Forum about opening the Belt and Road Initiative to multilateral and third-party investment could bode well for Gulf-China relations and the Middle East more broadly by creating new opportunities for energy and economic cooperation.

China International Organizations

Experts