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Stepping Up Trade Leadership
May 14, 2020 With emerging powers seeking to rewrite global trade rules in their favor, the CSIS Trade Commission examines what needs to be done to maintain U.S. leadership.

Report
China’s 'Hub-and-Spoke' Strategy in the Balkans
April 27, 2020 | Heather A. Conley, Jonathan E. Hillman, Donatienne Ruy, Maesea McCalpin This report assesses the strategic implications of Chinese economic activities in seven Western Balkan countries using original data collected by CSIS.

Interactive
Is China’s “Win-Win Cooperation” a Loss for Europe?
February 12, 2020
In Reconnecting Asia European firms seeking to participate in China's Belt and Road Initiative face rising hurdles while Chinese state-owned companies are successfully pricing out their European competitors. As European leaders gear up for several high-profile meetings with Beijing in the coming...

Report
Reinvention or Restoration?
December 9, 2019 | Daniel F. Runde With the shareholders of EBRD reviewing its current operations and as Sir Suma is succeeded by a new president, CSIS releases a new white paper to examine the opportunities and challenges to the EBRD, the transatlantic relationship, and the stability of the global economy.

Commentary
The Western Balkans with Chinese Characteristics
July 30, 2019 | Heather A. Conley, Jonathan E. Hillman Beijing’s interests in Central and Southern Europe and the Western Balkans have allowed it to expand its economic footprint and political avenues of influence with profound implications for the region’s long-term dependency.

Commentary
The Turkish Economic Slowdown in 2018
March 20, 2019 | Bulent Aliriza

With official figures released earlier this month confirming that the Turkish economy had experienced its sharpest reversal in a decade and entered a technical recession, the CSIS Turkey Project analyzes what this means in terms of the country’s economic future.

Commentary
Rules, Britannia
March 12, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman

As the March 29 deadline for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union approaches, CSIS’s Matthew Goodman republishes his July 2016 commentary on Britain’s vital role in the world, a piece that continues to hold true today.

Interactive report
The Kremlin Playbook 2
March 11, 2019 | Heather A. Conley, Donatienne Ruy

CSIS’s The Kremlin Playbook 2 exposes serious patterns of Russian malign economic influence in Central and Eastern European countries and examines what this means for the United States and Europe.

Critical Questions
WTO Reform: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
October 23, 2018 | Jack Caporal, Dylan Gerstel The growing frustration among WTO member states has triggered an effort to reform the organization—what U.S. ambassador to the WTO Dennis Shea termed “the Autumn of WTO reform,” as Jack Caporal from Scholl Chair and Dylan Gerstel from Simon Chair write in a joint CQ piece.

Newsletter
A Path to De-Globalization?
September 28, 2018 | Stephanie Segal

On trade, the administration has at least started to differentiate between friends and foes, even if it’s not entirely clear what will be the concrete results of recently announced agreements. 

Commentary
Turkey Risks Escalate: What It Might Mean for Other Emerging Markets
August 14, 2018 | Stephanie Segal

Let’s hope the administration understands the limits of its high-risk tactics and is closely monitoring the potential for spillovers. Vulnerable economies may not be the only ones disciplined by financial markets.

Commentary
The Emperor’s New Clothes
July 30, 2018 | William Alan Reinsch For the last 18 months all Trump’s negotiations are brilliant successes, at least on the day they are announced. The only negotiation that is more or less finished is the one with Korea and there the president settled for some less-than-significant.

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