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184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
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183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution
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182. Is China's industrial policy working?
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181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like
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180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?
How understanding the WTO's past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China's non-market economy.
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179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China
For decades, Taiwan has limited how and how much its tech firms like TSMC could invest in mainland China. Are there lessons for the United States?
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178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired
US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.
19 Feb 202353min
