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December 5, 2023

Technology and Innovation
U.S.-South Korea Policy Coordination on Advanced Technology

On November 1, 2023, the Council on Foreign Relations’ program on U.S.-Korea Policy held a virtual workshop on U.S.-South Korea policy coordination toward China on advanced technology.

U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walk at the Samsung Electronic Pyeongtaek Campus in South Korea on May 20 2022.

December 1, 2023

South Korea
The U.S.–South Korea Alliance

In seventy years, the U.S.-South Korea alliance has evolved from a patron-client relationship to a global comprehensive strategic alliance.

November 8, 2023

Trade
A Turning Point for Global Trade

International trade has shaped the world for much of the past century. Countries benefited from the global flow of goods, and the world became richer and safer. At the same time, many Americans lost …

Podcast Factory worker making textiles on a large industrial machine.

September 22, 2023

Spain
A Conversation With Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares of Spain

Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares discusses Spain’s role in the EU, the challenge of climate change, and the geopolitics of the region. 

Play José Manuel Albares sitting next to Spanish flag

September 18, 2023

Economics
Is Industrial Policy Making a Comeback?

The threat of climate change and the rise of China have prompted renewed debate about the U.S. government’s role in shaping the economy.

Workers assemble Ford vehicles at the Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois.

September 14, 2023

Mexico
Latin America This Week: September 14, 2023

AMLO ups spending, favoring the middle class and the military; Uruguay’s financial stability attracts investment—and crime follows; Peru’s democratic backsliding is passing the point of no return.

2023.09.14 Photo of AMLO

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 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.