The United States’ greatest failing is the inability to fashion a strategic conception that accommodates the rise of China as a superpower.
US: No Positive-Sum Trade and Economic Strategy
The Trump administration places too much emphasis on reducing the trade deficit — and not enough on investing in future U.S. competitiveness.
The Xi-Modi Summit: A New “Pacific” Asian Century Without America?
The “Chindia reset” may gradually have a transformative effect on China—leaving the founding vision of America for a “Pacific” Asia behind.
Britain’s Confused Soul in the Age of Brexit
Britain appears to be abandoning core virtues – its ability to be ruthlessly wedded to a realistic pragmatism and its relentless pursuit of its own commercial advantage.
Global Trade War? The European Angle
The more the U.S. abstains from imposing new barriers to imports from the EU, the more may the EU support U.S. efforts to change Chinese trade and investment practices.
Toward a Trump Trade Round: Time to Negotiate!
The world has recoiled from Trump’s unilateralism. But history tells us that good things can come from false starts.
Why Trump’s Trade Policies May Resurrect COMECON
Stephan Richter talks with Marketplace host David Brancaccio on why Trump’s trade policies may resurrect COMECON, an old Communist trade policy.
Trump’s Trade Policy: An Opportunity for Germany
History teaches that everyone suffers from trade wars, but the biggest pain is incurred by those who run the big surpluses once it starts.
Trump’s Car Tariffs and Transatlantic Reciprocity
A note on U.S. and European car tariffs to a very stable genius.
























