Oct 08, 2025

Beijing’s announcement regarding future World Trade Organization negotiations is strategic. It represents both a willingness to promote WTO reform and an institutional adjustment to support high-quality domestic development and opening-up to the world.

Sep 19, 2025

The U.S. president has upended the traditional liberal international order, recalibrated relations with allies and is poised to exert a profound influence on the global strategic landscape through transactional alliances.

Aug 22, 2025

The special administrative region has become a pioneer in institutional and technological innovation. Its recent initiative represents a significant opportunity for the region and a crucial step in China’s broader efforts toward the internationalization of the yuan.

Jul 30, 2025

The EU and U.S. have agreed to a tactical cease-fire, not a strategic settlement. As long as Europe pursues strategic autonomy and Washington replaces rules-based multilateralism with transactional deals, fresh disputes are inevitable.

Jul 09, 2025

By equating artificial intelligence data flows with national security risks, the United States has effectively designated China as a presumptive problem. This has not only soured the atmosphere for bilateral AI cooperation but also promises to cast a long shadow over global AI collaboration.

Jun 27, 2025

Court rulings could weaken the U.S. administration’s tough stance in trade talks and give trading partners more room to maneuver. But policy uncertainty means that high-stakes trade negotiations could go either way.

Jun 02, 2025

The U.S. president is coercing its allies to coordinate the policies related to critical minerals to weaken China’s influence in the global market and create a more “safe and reliable” supply chain for the United States.

May 02, 2025

Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariff” policy is intended to push back against globalization, but its inherent structural problems will only accelerate the trend of “de-Americanization” worldwide.

Mar 20, 2025

The introduction of reciprocal tariffs represents a pivotal shift in U.S. trade policy. The move from multilateral trade engagements to bilateral or regional agreements is a strategic effort to redefine international trade and ultimately give the United States an advantage.

Mar 05, 2024

Economic and trade cooperation has been regarded as the great stabilizer of China-U.S. relations for many years. As the two countries’ internal and external environments grow ever more complex, however, it’s not clear that this will continue to be the case.