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April 30, 2024

China
A Second China Shock, With Brad Setser

Brad Setser, the Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the causes and consequences of China’s export surge.

Podcast Chinese shipping containers being unloaded at a port.

November 26, 2024

Europe
Europe Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Liana Fix and Matthias Matthijs (Transition 2025, Episode 4)

Liana Fix, a fellow for Europe at CFR and adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and Matthias Matthijs, a senior fellow for Europe at CFR and associate professor of international political econo…

Podcast U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, on May 27, 2017. Jonathan Ernst/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

November 26, 2024

Trade
What Are Tariffs?

U.S. Presidents Trump and Biden have both turned to tariffs to support local industries amid economic confrontation with China. Here’s how these taxes work and how they’ve been used historically.

A red-helmeted worker lays steel at a factory.

November 15, 2024

G20 (Group of Twenty)
What Does the G20 Do?

The Group of Twenty, an informal gathering of many of the world’s largest economies, is the premier global forum for discussing economic issues. It is facing continued divisions over trade, climate c…

World leaders sit around a circular table at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India.

May 26, 2015

Asia
Japan and South Korea Should Bridge Their Differences, Snyder and Glosserman Write in New Book

Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their common interests, shared values, and geograph…

December 1, 2024

China
Why Did China’s Current Account Surplus Surge in the Third Quarter?

An old school, “make blogging great again” style post. The rise in the current account surplus might be linked to the “carry” unwind in the third quarter.

Why Did China’s Current Account Surplus Surge in the Third Quarter?

September 14, 2015

Asia
The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash

Teaching Notes for The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash by CFR Senior Fellow Scott A. Snyder.

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