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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 […]

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USMCA: A victory for American workers, needlessly delayed by petty politics

    By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor   On Wednesday. January 29th, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) into law, at long last replacing the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trump called it “…the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries […]

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Strategic threats to Europe are multiplying

  “European Security: Four Priorities for 2020-2024” By Louis Cox-Brusseau, courtesy of Europeum   As 2019 draws to a close, the European Union bids farewell to a year of historic change. With the election of a new Parliament and the formation of a new Commission, the Union looks ahead to the next five years as […]

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U.S.-Japan trade deal is all about propping up American farmers

                    “Implications of the Japan – United States Mini Trade Agreement” By Sybrand Brekelmans and Uri Dadush, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute     On 25th of September,  President Trump and Prime Minister Abe concluded a partial trade-agreement whose main provisions are to reduce Japan’s tariffs on […]