United States and Canada

Bombardier Ruling: Advantage Trudeau

By James Wholley

US International Trade Commission’s ruling boosts Canadian prime minister The surprise ruling by the US International Trade Commission (USITC) in favor of Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier over Boeing, a US firm, should come as a relief to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau whose government has been caught between domestic politics and US President Donald J. […]

Europe’s Strategy to Save the Iran Deal

The fate of the Iran nuclear agreement may rest on whether European governments are able to reach a side agreement with the Trump administration on issues that go beyond the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Iran’s increasingly sophisticated ballistic arsenal has become a major concern for its neighbors and the United […]

Trump’s NATO Policy ‘Trending Positive’

By Clementine G. Starling

This article is part of a series reflecting on the first year of the Trump administration.  US President Donald J. Trump’s public skepticism toward multilateral organizations has created uncertainty among traditional US allies. Washington’s commitment to NATO, in particular, has been called into question in the first year of the administration. Despite critical rhetoric and […]

One Year of Trump

By Atlantic Council

US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in the White House on January 20. We take a look at some key US policies before Trump took office, what he has said and done on these issues, and how, if at all, US policy has changed.

Offshore drilling in an era of energy abundance

By Ellen Scholl

In just under one hundred days in office, Trump signed Executive Order 13795: Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy.

Trump gave global warming the cold shoulder

By David Livingston

What has changed? Nothing yet. Despite the fanfare surrounding the president’s Rose Garden announcement, there is a drawn-out legal process for withdrawing from the Paris Agreement that puts the earliest date for withdrawal at November 4, 2020—one day after the 2020 US presidential election.

What Tax Reform Means for US Clean Energy

By Charles Hernick

With the dust now settled on tax reform legislation, the scale and scope of its impact on the United States’ fast-growing clean energy economy is coming more sharply into focus. On December 22, US President Donald J. Trump signed into law a sweeping tax reform bill. While overall the bill could be categorized as less […]