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December 4, 2024

Economics
RealEcon Welcomes Dr. Sadek Wahba To Discuss Global Infrastructure Investment

The strategic stakes of infrastructure have risen in recent years with the emergence of new technologies and competing visions for connectivity such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Dr. Sadek Wah…

Jonathan Hillman and Dr. Sadek Wahba

November 4, 2024

Trade
Trade Protection Without Trade Promotion: Why Tightening Trade Rules Alone Would Not Strengthen U.S. Economic Security

Defensive protectionist measures should be balanced with offensive trade promotion, ensuring access to global markets and competitiveness with China in the Indo-Pacific.

Shipping containers are seen at the port of Barcelona, Spain, October 3, 2024.

September 18, 2024

Infrastructure
Reporting on Infrastructure Investment

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, adjunct senior fellow in the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses the state of American infrastructure since the passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…

Play Florida Keys Overseas Highway (Reuters Connect)

October 28, 2024

Trade
The Future of Trade in an Era of Disruption

Edward Alden’s speech on October 28, 2024, at the Yeutter Institute for International Trade and Finance at the University of Nebraska provides parameters and principles for future trade policy.

Edward Alden speaks at the Yeutter Symposium

October 18, 2024

Infrastructure
Learning From Past U.S. Infrastructure Investments

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the CHIPS and Science Act stand to transform U.S. infrastructure for decades to come. Policymakers should look to the successes and failures of the 1956 act tha…

FREDERICKSBURG, VA - APRIL 6: In an aerial view, vehicles on Interstate 95 travel past a construction project to add three lanes to the I-95 Rappahannock River Crossing on April 6, 2021 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

September 30, 2024

China
Why Is China Investing In a $1.7 Billion Canal in Cambodia?

The Funan Techo Canal is the latest in a string of flashy Chinese investments in Cambodia. How did Cambodia, a lower-middle-income nation of 17.5 million people, become a focal point of Chinese forei…

A man attends the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Funan Techo Canal Logistics System Project in Kandal province, Cambodia, August 5, 2024.

October 23, 2024

Trade
Trade Is a Win for the U.S. Economy

This op-ed was originally published by The Detroit News online on October 20, 2024 and in print on October 21, 2024.  As Americans get ready to head to the polls, no issue is more central to their…

October 17, 2024

Trade
From Redistribution to “Predistribution”—Rebuilding Worker Support for Markets and Trade

The CFR RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership initiative looks to assess the role of the United States in the international economy, analyze what is at stake for the American people, and…

Play Alex Raskolnikov, Benn Steil, and Lydia DePillis seated on stage at the Council on Foreign Relations New York City office.

October 21, 2024

Immigration and Migration
Golden Passports and Visas: How Investment Migration Works

Programs that allow foreign investors to buy residency or citizenship in another country are growing in popularity, but some carry economic and security risks.

October 30, 2024

United States
Trade-offs in the Desert: RealEcon Visits Arizona

From semiconductors and water conservation to mining and the clean energy transition, Arizona is balancing trade-offs that will have important lessons for the country.

Man in protective gear tends a smelter at Magma Metals Company, near San Manuel, Arizona, USA; Arizona, United States of America