A Q&A with Biden industrial-policy official Alex Jacquez on the right way to boost domestic production in critical sectors
China
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Sorry, but It’s Not Over
Today on TAP: Trump blinks for now, but he remains a bundle of contradictory impulses and grievances. So the wholly invented economic crisis will continue.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Great Trump Crash?
Emergency warnings are lighting up all over financial markets, solely because of Donald Trump.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trade Policy We Need
Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever.
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A Sloppy Valentine for Big Tech
Today on TAP: A new White House effort to block domestic and foreign rules on data security is at odds with the U.S. government’s long-standing efforts to shield data from China.
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After Spearheading TikTok Ban, Gottheimer Purchased Thousands in Chinese Alibaba Stock
A House committee has detailed why Alibaba could be a national-security threat. The New Jersey Problem Solver sees it as an investment opportunity.
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Musk and Trump Are Causing the Dumbest Imperial Collapse in History
Empires have fallen before. But it’s never been this purely idiotic.
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Trump, Man of Steel (and Aluminum)
The new 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum, directed mainly at China, are partially worthwhile, but were undercut by allowing Nippon Steel to buy into U.S. Steel.
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Elon Musk’s China Threat
The shadow president has deep ties to the Chinese dictatorship, and it shows. The risk to national security is unimaginable.
