Aidan Powers-Riggs

Aug 28, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Matthew Funaiole |Aidan Powers-Riggs

Climate Change NATO United States On the sidelines of July’s NATO summit in Washington, a new industrial alliance quietly came to life. The leaders of the United States, Canada, and Finland announced the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact, a trilateral deal on polar icebreaker production.

Apr 5, 2023 | restofworld.org | Johanna Costigan |Aidan Powers-Riggs

Under the Biden administration, the U.S. has taken a maximalist approach to containing China’s technological rise. In October last year, Washington imposed controls on advanced semiconductor exports to China, and in December, blacklisted an additional 21 Chinese companies in the chip sector.

Feb 17, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Aidan Powers-Riggs

Last December, at the unveiling of a new semiconductor plant in Arizona, U.S. President Joe Biden triumphantly declared that “American manufacturing is back, folks.” Yet to some in attendance, the event was not a cause for celebration. The Arizona plant belongs to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).