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2 weeks ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Zongyuan Liu |Sheila Smith |Natalie Caloca |Adam Posen
“When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with,” U.S. President Donald Trump famously tweeted in 2018, “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” This week, when the Trump administration imposed tariffs of more than 100 percent on U.S. imports from China, setting off a new and even more dangerous trade war, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered a similar justification: “I think it was a big mistake, this Chinese...
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Zongyuan Liu
Tariffs on Mexican imports could further elevate the comparative advantage of Chinese EV makers at the cost of U.S. automakers.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Zongyuan Liu
Tariffs on Mexican imports could further elevate the comparative advantage of Chinese EV makers at the cost of U.S. automakers.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Zongyuan Liu |Roseanne McManus |Richard Fontaine |Colin H. Kahl
Even though they have already witnessed four years of a Donald Trump presidency, analysts have little certainty about how Trump plans to approach most countries in his second term. That’s exactly how he likes it. Since first running for president in 2016, Trump has positioned himself as an unpredictable leader and argued that doing so strengthens U.S. foreign policy.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Zongyuan Liu |Michael Horowitz |Sarah Yager |John Prendergast
If Donald Trump’s second term is anything like his first, the incoming U.S. president will not advance the cause of human rights. His foreign policy is more likely to harm democratic values around the world than it is to protect them. But as bleak as the next four years may become, the past four have hardly been a boon for human rights. President Joe Biden, who came into office promising that his administration would be different, ended up chipping away at these ideals himself.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Zongyuan Liu |Michael Horowitz |Elizabeth Economy |Melanie Hart
Growing the U.S. economy is at the top of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, and tackling the many challenges in the U.S.-Chinese trade and investment relationship will be central to realizing this objective.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
cfr.org | Zongyuan Liu
Within two decades, China’s retirement-age population is projected to surpass the entire population of the United States. By 2040, an estimated 402 million people, or 28 percent of China’s population, will be over sixty years old—the current legal retirement age for most men in the country. By that time, the U.S. population is expected to reach 379 million.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Zongyuan Liu |Michael Horowitz |Delaney Simon |Graeme Smith
Syria’s new leaders have few models to follow in their quest to win international recognition. No guidebooks exist on how to run a government for groups operating under terrorist designations—and there is no clear set of rules for foreign governments on how to bring a former al Qaeda affiliate in from the cold.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Edward Alden |Elisabeth Braw |Steven Cook |James Crabtree |Agathe Demarais |Zongyuan Liu | +1 more
Geopolitics Economics United States China Europe Elisabeth Braw Steven A. Cook Agathe Demarais C. Raja Mohan Zongyuan Zoe Liu At the start of each year, Foreign Policy asks some of our columnists for the one key issue they’ll be watching in the year ahead.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Zongyuan Liu
11 hours agoGold trades flat at Rs 82,400 per 10 gm; silver plunges Rs 1,500The growth reflects the resurgence of demand in the Indian jewellery market, fuelled by robust consumer sentiment and a two-day Dhanteras muhurat …1 day agoIs Muhurat Trading On October 31 Or November 1?
