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Tariffs continue to capture the spotlight in Washington and across the U.S. campaign trail. In recent years, they have become a favored policy tool proposed to solve challenges in technology, shipbuilding, electric vehicles, and steel, to name a few sectors. U.S. policymakers and candidates now routinely call for higher tariffs on a broad range of imports, claiming the action will boost U.S. competitiveness [...]
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As the Biden-Harris Administration focuses on restoring ties with partners in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. must take concrete action in an area that defines how all international commerce is conducted today – digital trade. Since the Trump-Pence Administration’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (now Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific (CPTPP)), Indo-Pacific countries [...]
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May is dedicated to celebrating people of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage and their contributions throughout U.S. history. Particularly, this year it is also an important opportunity to address the acts of intolerance that have placed AAPI people, communities, and businesses in danger. Many of these incidents were sparked by the prejudiced rhetoric around the COVID-19 pandemic, though [...]