Upon returning to office in January 2025, President Donald J. Trump swiftly reignited his signature “America First” trade agenda. Central to this strategy was a sweeping overhaul of U.S. tariff…
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The Chinese educational system has been the key to China’s technological rise. Tariffs will not change the picture
In May, we examined how the quality of Chinese exports—as measured by the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) developed by Harvard’s Growth Lab—has significantly improved over the past three decades and…
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How China went from low-cost exporter to tech rival and why tariffs won’t save the day
The United States has accused China of leveraging an unfair advantage in trade relations and is threatening the imposition of substantial new tariffs. This raises two fundamental questions: are the…
We don’t know whether the trade war triggered by President Donald Trump stems from his ignorance of the potential consequences, it is a poorly conceived strategy of “conquering” global markets,…