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Trump Set to Announce Steep Tariffs on Mexico, Canada
In The News
President Trump is on the cusp of upending North American trade, threatening to strike a radical blow to relationships with America’s top economic partners....
By Edward Fishman
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Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Immigration, Drugs and Greenland
In The News
In his first week in office, President Trump tried to browbeat governments across the world into ending the flow of drugs into America, accepting planes full of deported migra...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Kremlin Shrugs At Trump's New Sanctions Threat. But Should Putin Be Worried?
In The News
Since long before his inauguration this week and his election in November, President Donald Trump has been promising to broker an end to Russia's war against Ukraine while pro...
By Rachel Ziemba
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No Tariffs on Day One, but Trump Promises to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
In The News
Donald Trump held off on tariffs on his first day as the president of the United States and is placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame infl...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China Is Studying Russia’s Sanctions Evasion to Prepare for Taiwan Conflict
In The News
China has been supporting Russia’s economy since the start of the Ukraine war by buying its oil while supplying it with everything from microelectronics to washing machines. M...
By Edward Fishman
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Noteworthy: House Select Committee on CCP Report on Economic Competition
Noteworthy
Key Findings and Recommendations Pillar I: Reset the Terms of Our Economic Relationship With the People’s Republic of China For decades, the PRC has failed to live up to its W...
By Emily Kilcrease, Vivek Chilukuri, Andrew Metrick, Tim Fist & Caleb Withers
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China Fires Back at U.S. Sanctions
In The News
Why it matters: The sanctions expand on Beijing's previous efforts to criminalize certain kinds of research, intimidate individual researchers, and make it harder for companie...
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. Takes Aim at Financial Institutions with New Russia Sanctions Authority
In The News
The move comes as U.S. funding for Ukraine military aid is running out and the United States and its allies search for new ways to slow Russia's war effort. Washington already...
By Edward Fishman
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U.S. Plans to Counter China’s Influence in the Pacific Suffers Setback
In The News
Speaking on the sidelines of the summit in San Francisco this week, Farrell had a slightly different view telling this masthead that he was “disappointed that we are not going...
By Emily Kilcrease
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CNAS Responds: APEC Summit
Press Note
Today, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit commenced in San Francisco, California, kicking off with a four-hour meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Ge...
By Emily Kilcrease & Jacob Stokes
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Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to Meet in Effort to Stabilize Relations
In The News
Over the past few months, several US cabinet secretaries have visited Beijing, partly in recognition that Washington needed to boost high-level engagement to reduce miscommuni...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Economic Crisis Looms for Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule
In The News
As the Taliban take power in Afghanistan for the first time in 20 years, Afghans face not only a humanitarian crisis but also an economic crisis that threatens to make an alre...
By Alex Zerden
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Biden to Temper U.S. Use of Sanctions Weapons, Officials Say
In The News
The Biden administration is revamping the way the U.S. uses punitive sanctions, aiming to stem sweeping pressure campaigns, avoid collateral economic damage and act jointly wi...
By Jason Bartlett
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Australia Draws A Line on China
In The News
Australian defense officials and politicians alike are striking an increasingly hawkish tone on China. This week, it was revealed that a former top general warned his troops l...
By Tom Shugart
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CNAS Launches ‘Sanctions by the Numbers’ Newsletter
Press Release
Washington, March 25, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of the Sanctions by the Numbers email newsletter. The first edition of the ...
By Chris Estep
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CNAS Experts Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Peter Harrell Selected for National Security Council Staff
Washington, January 8, 2021—The Center for a New American Security congratulates Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director of the CNAS Transatlantic Security Program, ...
By Chris Estep
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Analysis: Trump sanctions could give Biden a bargaining chip in deal talks with Iran
In The News
The Trump administration’s imposition of new sanctions on Iran may have been intended to forestall a new nuclear deal with Tehran if Joe Biden is elected president, but it cou...
By Peter Harrell
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Venezuelan coal exports rise as U.S. escalates oil sanctions
In The News
Venezuela is ramping up its production and export of coal to European nations, according to export figures and vessel tracking data, as it seeks new sources of foreign currenc...
By Peter Harrell
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U.K. Watchdog Bans Sale of Cryptocurrency Derivatives to Individual Investors
In The News
The U.K.’s financial watchdog said it will ban the sale of derivatives linked to cryptocurrencies to retail consumers. The ban aims to protect small-time investors from large ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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How U.S. Adversaries Are Using Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions
In The News
Before his arrest, Virgil Griffith had a reputation as a “cult hacker,” a “tech-world enfant terrible.” A 2008 profile in The New York Times Magazine, published when he was 25...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
