Joshua P. Meltzer

Dec 3, 2024 | brookings.edu | Joshua P. Meltzer

Home Assessing Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada President-elect Trump recently announced that when he begins his term on January 20, 2025 he will implement a 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada unless these countries control the flow of illegal drugs, especially fentanyl, and illegal immigrants.

Oct 4, 2024 | brookings.edu | Joshua P. Meltzer |Paul Triolo

Considerable progress has been made on international governance of artificial intelligence (AI). This includes work under the G7 Hiroshima Process, at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), international standards bodies, and in various U.N. bodies. Meanwhile, bilateral engagement on AI, including the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council, is in a holding pattern pending the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections.

Jun 7, 2024 | brookings.edu | Joshua P. Meltzer

IntroductionAs the U.S. tightens trade and investment restrictions with respect to China and invests in developing critical sectors such as semiconductors, electric vehicles (EVs), and clean energy, deeper cooperation between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico under the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is needed.

Mar 6, 2024 | brookings.edu | Joshua P. Meltzer |Brahima Coulibaly

Editor's note: This chapter is part of USMCA Forward 2024. It has been three and a half years since USMCA was signed, ushering in a new era in North American economic cooperation. The passage of USMCA though U.S. Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support also signaled a new economic and political reality and an opportunity to reset the conversation around what can be achieved collectively.

Feb 26, 2024 | brookings.edu | Cameron F. Kerry |Joshua P. Meltzer |Andrea Renda |Andrew Wyckoff

The emergence of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022, followed by several other generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, created unprecedented urgency for guardrails around AI. In the year since, a call for a pause on training these large-scale AI models and predictions that powerful AI could cause human extinction or a future without work sparked a rush of proposals for some form of global governance framework.