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March 10, 2024

China
China’s Record Manufacturing Surplus

The U.S. likes talking about the dominance of the dollar. But don’t short-change China’s current dominance of manufacturing trade. Trade imbalances need to be taken seriously again.

Manufactured Goods Surpluses

March 11, 2024

Climate Change
A Conversation With Amy Pope

Amy Pope discusses her work as director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the UN role in addressing climate mobility, legal frameworks for migration, and the present …

Play Amy Pope, the new Director General of the International Organization of Migration sitting against the backdrop of United Nations logo.

April 17, 2024

Europe
A Conversation With Christine Lagarde

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discusses the state of the European economy, U.S.-EU economic cooperation, and the implications of international geopolitical conflicts on the global…

Play Christine Lagarde speaking with the IMF logo in the background.

February 12, 2024

Trade
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics with Katherine Tai

Ambassador Katherine Tai discusses the role of trade policy in the global economy, current U.S. trade strategy, and priorities for the WTO Ministerial Conference. The C. Peter McColough Series on …

Play Katherine Tai is smiling with an American flag in the background.

November 3, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cyber Week in Review: November 3, 2023

Biden signs executive order on AI; SEC sues SolarWinds over 2020 hack; UK hosts AI Safety Summit; Forty nine countries pledge to not pay ransomware gangs; Indian opposition members targeted with spyw…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends the second day of the UK AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 2, 2023

January 22, 2024

Trade
The Curse of Nostalgia: Industrial Policy in the United States

A critical look at the past and present of industrial policy shows that its recent popularity is not only misguided, but is likely to have negative economic and geopolitical consequences for the Unit…

President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on August 16, 2022.

October 31, 2023

United States
Meet Dean Phillips, Democratic Presidential Candidate

The U.S. congressman from Minnesota is a candidate for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.

Phillips

November 24, 2023

United States
Election 2024: Election 2024 Will Decide Who Controls Congress

Every Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: The 2024 election will decide whether the next president will face a friendly or a hostile Congres…

Capitol Building Blog Photo II

August 11, 2023

Mali
UN Reports Sexual Violence in Mali; Russian Wagner Group Implicated

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers August 5 to August 11.

Women and children are pictured during an assistance operation to nomade families during the regional anti-insurgent Operation Barkhane in Tin Hama, Mali, October 19, 2017.