China
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Echoes of 2018: Understanding Trump’s Renewed Tariff Offensive on China
The hardened stance of President Trump’s second administration toward China—manifested in aggressive tariff threats, export controls, and trade investigations—closely echoes the US trade strategy of 2018–2020. Then, what began with duties on several billion dollars of imports swiftly escalated into an unprecedented tit‑for‑tat tariff war that rattled global markets, exposed…
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Recalibrating Economic Security: Canada’s Evolving Investment Screening Strategy Amidst Rising Concerns Over China
As security concerns increasingly influence economic policymaking, the rise of investment screening measures is one way this shift is taking shape. While the United States and Europe have already implemented such measures extensively, Canada is still charting its course in response to potential risks posed by Chinese foreign direct investment…
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China and Industrial Policy (Part II): The Future of an Idea, Its Implications and Consequences
Written in conjunction with Ian Wan. You can read Part I here. Industrial policy has recently regained prominence in policymakers’ minds, and not in small part due to China. Whilst industrial policy has always been contentious in an era dominated by capitalist market economies rather than state planning economies, its…
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China and Industrial Policy (Part I): The History of an Idea, Its Rationale and Consequences
Written in conjunction with Paul Meyer. You can read Part II here. Industrial policy has recently regained prominence in policymakers’ minds, and not in small part due to China. Whilst industrial policy has always been contentious in an era dominated by capitalist market economies rather than state planning economies, its…
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An Insignificant Sympathy: Assessing Overseas Chinese Influence Operations in Malaysia
Over the last two decades, analysts have increasingly described the PRC’s “Qiaowu” as the “largest diasporic influence operation in history,” with increasingly alarmist examples of the Overseas Chinese manipulating local politics in Europe, the US, and Australia. In the case of Malaysia, the Overseas Chinese exhibit contradictory tendencies. On one…
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