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The Global EV Shift: The Role of China and Industrial Policy in Emerging Economies

This report analyzes strategies for EV adoption and industrial development in emerging markets to offer lessons for policymakers, exploring how and why China is catalyzing the transition in many emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Report by Ilaria Mazzocco and Ryan Featherston — October 22, 2025

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How Robust Is China’s Energy Security?

Energy security is a key pillar of economic and national security. This ChinaPower feature weighs China’s main energy security vulnerabilities and strengths.

Commentary by Brian Hart, Bonny Lin, Hugh Grant-Chapman, Leon Li, Truly Tinsley, Claire Tiunn, and Peter Dazheng Huang — June 4, 2025

U.S.-China Trade War and the Future of U.S. LNG

No U.S. LNG has reached China since early February as the bilateral trade tension intensifies, obfuscating the prospect for strong LNG trade between the world’s largest LNG importer and exporter. What are its commercial, economic, and geoeconomic implications?

Commentary by Jane Nakano — April 29, 2025

China’s Essential Role in the Gulf States’ Energy Transitions

China has established itself as an essential partner in Gulf states’ energy transition, serving as an investor and developer in renewable energy projects. Western governments, however, have been reluctant to compete with Chinese enterprises in the region.

Brief by Faris Al-Sulayman and Jon B. Alterman — December 11, 2023

COP Stocktake: The U.S. and China's Great Green Power Competition

The CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program's "COP Stocktake: Inside Perspectives on the Global Climate Conference" series will delve into the context, themes, and factors that will ultimately determine the success or failure of COP28.

Event — November 30, 2023

What the Sunnylands Statement Means for U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

The recent Sunnylands statement issued by the United States and China on climate cooperation before Xi and Biden’s meeting in San Francisco injects new life in the countries’ efforts to confront the climate crisis in light of the upcoming climate summit in Dubai.

Critical Questions by Deborah Seligsohn and Ilaria Mazzocco — November 16, 2023

Insights into the Foreign Pollution Fee Act

The Foreign Pollution Fee Act targets environmental, geopolitical, and economic challenges all at once, an ambitious goal that likely runs afoul of U.S. trade commitments and presents imperfect decarbonization pathways but still signals a step in the right direction.

Critical Questions by William Alan Reinsch and Thibault Denamiel — November 13, 2023