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February 11, 2025

RealEcon
Trump Should Clarify His Trade Agenda and Align It With a Broader Mandate

The Trump administration can achieve more reciprocal trade relations through tariff negotiations, argues John K. Veroneau, but it should first untangle tariff threats from unrelated matters.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs on aluminum imports in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

February 15, 2025

United States
TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day

The forty-seven presidents of the United States have some interesting stories to tell.  

White House Front View

July 30, 2019

Elections and Voting
John Delaney

CFR invited the presidential candidates challenging President Trump in the 2020 election to articulate their positions on twelve critical foreign policy issues. Candidates’ answers are posted exactly…

 John Delaney

February 12, 2025

RealEcon
CFIUS Reviews Should Be Subject to Judicial Scrutiny

Lessons From the Blocking of Nippon Steel’s Acquisition of U.S. Steel

FILE PHOTO: The logos of Nippon Steel Corp. are displayed at the company headquarters in Tokyo, Japan March 18, 2019. Picture taken March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Yuka Obayashi/File Photo

November 20, 2024

International Law
Trump Has Promised Swift, Bold Actions as President. Will They Be Legal?

Donald Trump could take several early actions as president that could draw legal scrutiny, including on immigration, climate, and security policy.  

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about immigration and border security at the Arizona-Mexico border, August 22, 2024.

February 26, 2025

RealEcon
Chips, Steel, and Lawnmowers: What Trade Is Strategic?

President Trump, his advisors, and Congress have different ideas of what products and markets are strategic.

Airshow China in Zhuhai

September 13, 2019

United States
John Bolton’s Successor Will Struggle to Satisfy Donald Trump

Diplomacy could well come to occupy center stage for a president who relishes summitry.

Trump_John Bolton

February 28, 2025

Technology and Innovation
A New Golden Age of American Innovation

Advancing the United States’ technological supremacy and preserving an edge in AI, biotechnology, and space requires government-funded research, especially as private sector innovation and competitio…

An employee of startup PsiQuantum holds a silicon disc containing the company's quantum computing chips at a facility in San Jose, California, on February 25, 2025. PsiQuantum/Reuters