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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google’s China Policy
How the National Security Council is trying to take over regulation of global data flows on the basis of what’s good for Big Tech
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Amazon Loophole Is Driving the Fentanyl Crisis
A rule allowing ‘de minimis’ items to be shipped from overseas without fees or inspections has facilitated the illegal drug trade.
Posted inTAP
Train Wreck of a Trade Deal
Today on TAP: The Biden administration has to slow-walk a marquee agreement, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. That might even be a blessing in disguise.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Is Undercutting Bidenomics
The most tech-friendly Cabinet member should not be the one regulating artificial intelligence.
Posted inTAP
Biden’s Weird Nomination of Kurt Campbell
Today on TAP: The president’s choice for deputy secretary of state is badly at odds with Biden’s own policies on trade.
Posted inTAP
The U.S. and Europe in a Time of Crisis
Today on TAP: Military stresses are compounded by economic divisions.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Global Capitalists or National Champions?
As long as production is domestic, does it matter whether a company creating jobs for U.S. workers is American, German, or Japanese?
Posted inEconomic Policy
U.S. and EU Struggle to Form Green Steel Club
The troubled transatlantic trade deal may expose the limits of Washington’s green ‘friendshoring’ agenda.
