Relying on authoritarian states for fuel supplies turns out to be a dismal geopolitical strategy.
industrial policy
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Congress Proposes $500 Million for Negative News Coverage of China
The effort to counter China’s ‘malign influence’ would fund negative coverage of China’s Belt and Road Initiative—while also beefing up the U.S.’s international lending.
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Congress Tries to Compete
A domestic manufacturing bill that represents one of the Democrats’ biggest legislative efforts of the year is released.
Posted inTAP
Patriotic CEOs?
Today on TAP: Intel Corp., once a national champion, then a major partner of China, recommits to making it in the USA.
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Reading the Inflation Numbers Wrong
Today on TAP: Will the media and the Fed stampede the economy into 1970s-style stagflation?
Posted inEconomic Policy
America’s Steel Spine
Will Biden resist pressure to weaken tariffs against China’s steel subsidies and double down on his industrial policy to revive domestic steelmaking?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden, Oil Companies Clash Over Price-Gouging Allegations
Although the petroleum giants have a laundry list of complaints, they continue to make bank.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Lina Khan Cashes In Her Chips
Her first big antitrust enforcement action seeks to block two semiconductor firms from merging.
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Time to Limit U.S. Investment in China
Today on TAP: Kudos once again to the U.S.-China Commission
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Connecting Climate Goals to Industrial Goals
Biden’s Green Steel Deal with the EU is a model for future progress—and it beats anything that came out of Glasgow.