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Critical Questions
Evaluating CFIUS in 2021
August 9, 2022 | Aidan Arasasingham, Gerard DiPippo CSIS experts Aidan Arasasingham and Gerard DiPippo analyze transaction data from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' (CFIUS) latest report to Congress and evaluate its implications for the future of U.S. investment screening.

Commentary
China Is the Wrong Industrial Policy Model for the United States
August 9, 2022 | Scott Kennedy To make the CHIPS and Science Act effective, the United States will need to set the right goals, avoid several pitfalls, and learn from countries that have used industrial policy more constructively than China.

Commentary
Butting Heads
August 8, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch This week, the Scholl Chair explains how Inflation Reduction Act presents a dilemma where opposing policy goals butt heads—electric vehicle credits and critical mineral sourcing.

Commentary
Trade and Investment Controls: The Transatlantic Toolkit
August 2, 2022 | Emily Benson A new commentary from the Scholl Chair examines trade and investment controls in the transatlantic context, evaluating the state of play and trends regarding export controls and outbound investment.

Report
Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains: An Affirmative Agenda for International Cooperation
August 2, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch, Emily Benson, Aidan Arasasingham A new report from CSIS examines how to leverage partnerships with the Quad and EU member states to build more resilient and secure supply chains.

Commentary
Meeting the Technology Transfer Challenge: Part II
August 1, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch This week, the Scholl Chair continues his analysis of the United States’ evolving export control policy. This time, he analyzes how export controls can best be multilateralized.

Critical Questions
Geopolitics of Oil and Inflation
July 26, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch A new CQ evaluates the trade contours of a potential U.S. oil export ban, as well as likely effects of the G7’s proposed oil price cap.

Commentary
Meeting the Technology Transfer Challenge: Part I
July 25, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch This week, the Scholl Chair discusses an emerging Biden administration policy—not simply keeping China behind but degrading its technological capabilities.

Critical Questions
Transatlantic Treatment of Transnational Subsidies
July 22, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch

Senators Portman and Brown introduced legislation aimed at strengthening U.S. trade remedy laws with a focus on transnational subsidies. A new way to deal with economic coercion, these proposals intersect with the WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing...


Critical Questions
Trade Tools for Climate: Transatlantic Carbon Border Adjustments
July 20, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch A new CQ evaluates transatlantic proposals for carbon border adjustments, including WTO compatibility issues as well as problems relating to the reliability of relevant emissions intensity data.

Commentary
Prioritizing Nearshoring by Leveraging Special Economic Zones in Central America
July 20, 2022 | Ryan C. Berg CSIS Americas senior fellow Ryan C. Berg and Matthew Carusi evaluate the potential of Central America to capture the current movement toward nearshoring supply chains and the importance of special economic zones for realizing this potential.

Commentary
Is Less Really More?
July 18, 2022 | William Alan Reinsch This week, the Scholl Chair describes a pattern: the Biden administration’s trade policy is being defined more by what it isn't than by what it is.

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