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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?

March 4, 2025

Taiwan
Unpacking TSMC’s $100 Billion Investment in the United States

TSMC’s $100 billion will significantly boost America’s semiconductor manufacturing industry but how it will shape US-Taiwan relations is an open question.

C.C. Wei, Chairman and CEO of TSMC, speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, as they make an announcement about an investment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2025.

March 19, 2025

Taiwan
Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense

Differences over Taiwan’s status have fueled rising tensions between the island and mainland. Taiwan is the likeliest potential flash point in U.S.-China relations.

A man watches a news programme about Chinese military drills surrounding Taiwan, on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing on October 14, 2024.

February 23, 2025

China
Xi is Making the World Pay for China’s Mistakes

My recent essay in the New York Times argues that China’s rising surplus in manufactures is a real threat to the global economy. 

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

February 11, 2025

India
India’s Industrial Policies: Rejecting the Old Status Quo and Creating the New

India’s industrial policy mirrors the global rise of protectionist norms. But these measures not only often violate WTO norms and lead to trade disputes, they have also not achieved India's goal of b…

Hyundai i10 cars are assembled at a plant of Hyundai Motor India Ltd in Sriperumbudur Taluk in the Kancheepuram district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. REUTERS/Babu 

May 22, 2024

China
Advanced Manufacturing to be a Focus of China’s July Party Plenum

China's third plenum will likely emphasize manufacturing as a tool to remedy domestic economic problems, which may run the risk of heightening tensions with its trading partners.

A worker inspects batteries for electric vehicles being manufactured at a factory in Dongguan, China.

February 27, 2025

Robots and Robotics
Robotics and the Quest for Smarter Machines

In this episode of The Interconnect, Stanford mechanical engineering professor Allison Okamura and OpenAI’s Kevin Weil discuss how artificial intelligence will transform modern robotics, where more c…

Podcast Profile of a humanoid robot.

July 15, 2024

Ukraine
Coming to Ukraine’s Defense: Leveraging the European Investment Bank for Ukrainian Drone Manufacturers

Enhancing support for Ukraine’s military and defense industrial base is top of mind at the NATO Summit last week, especially if the United States should step back after the presidential election. Des…

The logo of the EIB is pictured in the city of Luxembourg

September 18, 2023

United States
U.S. Investment in Semiconductor Manufacturing: Building the Talent Pipeline

To reverse the three decade long decline in the United States' share of semiconductor manufacturing, a concerted effort is required.

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