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Confronting the Challenge of Chinese State Capitalism
January 22, 2021 | Jude Blanchette One of the most pressing challenges facing the new Biden administration is devising a strategy to compete with, and push back against, China’s increasingly powerful and disruptive state capitalist system.

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A Complex Inheritance: Transitioning to a New Approach on China
January 19, 2021 | Scott Kennedy Although the Trump administration has tried to handcuff its successors on China policy, the incoming Biden team has more room for innovation than many appreciate.

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Ten Years after Seoul Hosted the G20 Summit, South Korea’s Economy Is a Slow Grower
November 12, 2020 | Evan Ramstad South Korea’s economic growth has become slower and slower. CSIS’s Evan Ramstad explores the lessons other developed countries can learn from Seoul’s economic performance.

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Vietnam Currency Investigation: Strategy and Policy Implications
November 2, 2020 | Gregory B. Poling, Matthew P. Goodman, Simon Tran Hudes On October 2, 2020, USTR launched two investigations of Vietnam under Section 301, including one into alleged currency undervaluation. CSIS experts break down why Vietnam is being targeted and what the implications may be for the U.S.-Vietnam strategic relationship.

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Comparing U.S., Japanese, and German Fiscal Responses to Covid-19
October 28, 2020 | Matthew P. Goodman, Dylan Gerstel The CSIS Economics Program breaks down fiscal responses to Covid-19 in the United States, Japan, and Germany and highlights the need for further U.S. fiscal support.

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Don’t Let China Greenwash Its Belt and Road
October 8, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman Xi Jinping's promise of carbon neutrality by 2060 will amount to little if the Belt and Road Initiative continues exporting China’s environmental challenges globally. China’s poor environmental record abroad presents a strategic opportunity for the United States to seize.

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Covid-19 and Asia’s Infrastructure Imperative
October 6, 2020 CSIS’s Larry Greenwood argues that Asian emerging markets will depend on robust infrastructure investment to support growth and job creation during economic recovery. Western governments have a unique opportunity to expand private infrastructure investment in the region.

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Assessing Abe’s Economic Statecraft
August 31, 2020 | Matthew P. Goodman Shinzo Abe’s term as prime minister of Japan may be remembered mainly for its disappointments, but in one area Abe deserves better marks from historians: his economic statecraft in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

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Dual Circulation and China’s New Hedged Integration Strategy
August 24, 2020 | Jude Blanchette, Andrew Polk Beijing believes decoupling is the new normal, and its new "dual circulation" strategy is its answer to an increasingly bifurcated global economy. Will the new policy framework help China navigate evolving geopolitical realities?

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Trade May Still Be the Ballast in U.S.-China Relations—At Least for Now
August 10, 2020 | Claire Reade Despite the hurricane threatening to engulf U.S.-China ties, there are indicators that the trade side of the relationship could remain in the calmer eye of any hurricane at least through the end of 2020.

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The Forgotten Power of Trade
August 6, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman The world’s largest economy has largely forgotten how to use economic power. As it leans heavily on the stick, the United States must rediscover the power of the carrot in foreign affairs.

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Decoupling Kabuki: Japan’s Effort to Reset, Not End Its Relationship with China
July 28, 2020 | Scott Kennedy, Matthew P. Goodman Despite the recent announcement that the Japanese government is distributing subsidies to 87 companies to relocate from China, it would be a mistake to conclude that Japan has signed on to a campaign to economically decouple from China.

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