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Escalate to Negotiate: How Europe Should Respond to Chinese Export Restrictions

Tobias Gehrke & Janka Oertel | European Council on Foreign Relations | 10/21/2025

In a series of announcements in early October, the Chinese ministry of commerce codified and tightened export restrictions on “rare earth-related technologies and other items”. The new rules limit exports…

Trump’s Film Tariff Threat Exposes Disconnect on Streaming Economics

Douglas Montgomery | StreamTV Insider | 10/16/2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s...

Export Controls and U.S. Trade Policy: Making Sense of the New Terrain

Geoffrey Gertz & Thomas Krueger | Just Security | 10/14/2025

U.S. export controls are evolv...

Korea Needs Different US Trade Deal Than Japan

Troy Stangarone | The Korea Times | 10/09/2025

The Lee Jae Myung administration has put forward clear economic reas...

Beware the “Securitization” of Trade Policy

Simon Lester | International Economic Law and Policy Blog | 10/06/2025

In recent years, U.S. trade policy ...

Why Planning Is Essential In a Tariff-Driven Economy

J. Michael Heldebrand | EY | 09/25/2025

In a changing trade landscape, adaptability and foresight are key to ...

Congress Must Reclaim Its Constitutional Authority Over Trade

Charles Boustany | The Fulcrum | 09/24/2025

Our Founders deliberately placed the power to “regulate ...

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