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“It’s You, Not Me”: China’s Subsidies and Global Trade Tensions

Nikki Trewin, Daiki Sato & Adrian Lu | Australian Institute of International Affairs | 10/21/2024

China’s extensive use of subsidies is a significant driver of global trade tensions, influencing market dynamics and prompting concerns about a potential “subsidy race” among nations. With more anti-dumping measures…

The True Costs of Subsidies War with China

Adam S. Posen | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 07/19/2023

Despite the Biden Administration’s adoption...

Free Trade: the Strongest Spell Against Economic Decline

Glen Hodgson, Brooke Medina | RealClearWire | 02/22/2023

In J.K. Rowling’s novel “Harry Potter and the So...

Subsidies

William Reinsch | Center for Strategic and International Studies | 11/01/2021

Subsidies are not a new issue. The first U.S. countervailing duty law was ...

The United States Takes a New Look at Industrial Subsidies

Gilbert Kaplan | Center for Strategic and International Studies | 09/27/2021

It has long been a key par...

Subsidies and Misplaced Shipbuilding Nostalgia

Colin Grabow | Cato Institute | 09/02/2021

Reading some of the commentary, one could be forgiven for believing that...

Donald Boudreaux and Douglas Irwin on Free-Trade Tips From 1846

Donald J. Boudreaux, Douglas A. Irwin | The Economist | 06/25/2021

In the novel “The Mayor of Cas...

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