By Erick A. Brimen In my new Fortune editorial, I explain how the United States can facilitate investments in special economic zones in Latin America to fuel development and relieve the driving pressure behind immigration. But these zones present an even bigger opportunity: rebalancing trade with China. The U.S. needs to revive […]
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Beyond the Rare Earths: Resource Security in the Post-COVID Context
By Sandra Wirtz, American Resources Policy Network “Everything is different.” It’s the constant refrain in these COVID times. But the comment cuts both ways — not just how we cope with differences imposed on us, but differences we embrace, to make ourselves and our society more resilient in the face of sudden shocks, or […]
RED SWAN: The Story of a Secret Cable and the Crisis We Could Have Seen Coming
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor COVID-19: It’s all we talk about, on the cable news, and in our 6-foot socially-distanced prison walks around our silent neighborhoods. And in nearly every conversation comes the intellectual shrug, “who could have seen this coming?” A single phrase that neatly absolves governments and experts alike of […]
The COVID Crisis Shows American Resilience at Its Finest
By Oliver McPherson-Smith, American Consumer Institute With the nation in shut down until April 30, most Americans are enduring an unprecedented disruption to their daily routines. To make safe social distancing possible, however, countless workers continue to keep supply chains moving. In addition to the frontline medical professionals who are treating COVID-19 patients, it […]
China Loses, Mexico Wins? Not So Fast!
“China Loses, Mexico Wins?” By Manuel J. Molano, courtesy of IMCO and El Sol de México Last September, Shannon O’Neil published an article in Bloomberg that said Mexico should benefit from the US trade war with China. O’Neil mentioned the openness of the Mexican economy, which is higher as a percentage of GDP than […]