Month: June 2025

Imagining Engagement

There is literally no constituency in the United States currently in favor of Sino-American engagement. That is most assuredly the case in the US Congress, where anti-China sentiment enjoys unanimous bipartisan support.  It is also the case in established US foreign...

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Not a Real Deal

From last month in Geneva to this week in London, US and Chinese dealmakers continue to struggle in their search for a trade deal. Meanwhile, a US Federal Appeals Court has just extended the stay of an earlier legal challenge to Trump’s global tariffs. The net result...

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Adjudicating Economic Emergencies

Does a US President have the authority to address a national economic emergency?  The simple answer, of course, is yes.  There is no higher calling for a president than to protect the nation. But the question is actually trickier than it seems. There is good reason to...

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