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June 10, 2024

Economics
The Farm Legacy of Henry Wallace: Regressive Subsidies

The era of massive government farm subsidies began in the early 1930s. It has favored the large and the rich ever since.

The Farm Legacy of Henry Wallace: Regressive Subsidies

September 7, 2023

United States
Council Special Report: Rethinking International Rules on Subsidies

In the Council Special Report Rethinking International Rules on Subsidies, authors Jennifer Hillman and Inu Manak describe how the subsidies rules did little to prevent widespread industrial use by c…

Play Joe Biden walking on stage about to shake hands at a Semiconductor Fabrication Plant in Arizona

October 2, 2023

United States
U.S. Should Lead the Effort to Reform International Subsidies, Argues New CFR Report

“The United States should lead the effort to reshape the global rules to better serve its own interests and the international trading system’s changing realities,” claims a new Council Special Report…

September 6, 2023

Trade
Rethinking International Rules on Subsidies

The World Trade Organization needs an updated toolbox in the face of rising industrial policies across the globe. 

September 13, 2023

United States
Rethinking International Subsidies Could Cool Trade Tensions

Massive government spending in semiconductors and climate threatens to provoke a costly trade war; a new set of rules could change that.

Solar panels are set up in the solar farm at the University of California, Merced, in Merced, California, U.S. August 17, 2022.

September 30, 2024

United States
Will a Worker Shortage Kill the U.S. Manufacturing Boom?

The United States is witnessing a boom in manufacturing investment, stimulated by massive government subsidies, but the skilled workforce necessary to support it is severely lacking.

Will a Worker Shortage Kill the U.S. Manufacturing Boom?

November 18, 2024

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy: Watch What Countries Do, Not What They Say

World governments should focus on rapidly driving down the costs of clean energy, particularly in the power, transportation, and industrial sectors, to move the needle on climate change.

People walk past a COP29 logo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan.

November 26, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: November 2024

Apart from a few noteworthy deviations, November saw routine Chinese investments in infrastructure and green energy across Africa, in addition to strong Sino-African cultural exchanges. Africans made…

The state flags of Uruguay, the United States, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom fly near the venue of the UN climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 16, 2024. Janis Laizans/REUTERS

November 26, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in Latin America: November 2024

This month, Peru and Brazil hosted the APEC and G20 leaders' summits, respectively, where Chinese President Xi Jinping met with a host of Latin American leaders. During the APEC summit, Peru and Chin…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Peru's President Dina Boluarte attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, at the Grand National Theater, in Lima, Peru, November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian