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Trump Dealt Polling Setback on Eve of China Trade Talks

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Newsweek
Craig Kafura

New Council polling finds Americans oppose higher tariffs on China and are warming to the idea of economic cooperation.

 A Chinese flag flies from a ship at the Port of Oakland
Noah Berger / AP
Public Opinion

Three Questions for 2025 Global Leadership Award Honoree Regina Cross

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Impact Stories by Regina Cross

Council Emerging Leaders Program alumna Regina Cross on what it takes to lead across borders and create meaningful, lasting change.  

Regina Cross smiling at the camera. Global Economy

At APEC, Trump and Xi Seek a US-China Trade Truce

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Global Insight by Craig Kafura

A short-term deal on soybeans, tariffs, and rare earths may ease tensions between the two economies, but competition over technology and supply chains runs far deeper.

Chinese President Xi Jinping waits to meet with President Joe Biden before a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru.
Leah Millis / Pool Photo via AP
US Foreign Policy

2025 Global Leadership Award Honorees

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Global Insight by The Council

The Council will honor The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, a Council Emerging Leaders alumna, at its annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on October 29.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, Council Emerging Leaders alumna Global Economy

Can the US Reduce its Dependence on China for Critical Minerals?

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Global Insight by Karl Friedhoff

Critical minerals are central to innovation and security. The United States is dependent on China for them. Karl Friedhoff explains why that is becoming a problem.

A person holding refined tellurium at the Rio Tinto Kennecott refinery in Magna, Utah.
Rick Bowmer / AP
Tech and Science

North American Trade Talks Continue to Shift

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CBC News
Julián Ventura

Julián Ventura joins CBC News to discuss the "multi-dimensional chess game" taking place between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Aarti Pole speaks with Julián Ventura over video call. Global Economy

Why Dambisa Moyo Thinks This Economic Moment is Different

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The global economy isn’t just slowing—it’s being completely reshaped. Here’s what that means for your future.

A man watches stock prices displayed on an electronic board at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 7, 2025.
Tatan Syuflana / AP
Global Economy

Trump's Attack on the Fed's Independence Isn't a Global Outlier

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Even leaders of countries with strongly independent central banks have chafed against the orthodoxy" of current macroeconomic policy, Paul Poast writes.

President Donald Trump listens as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a visit to the Federal Reserve
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
Global Economy

Trump's Global Trade Order Is Anything But

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Tariffs will almost certainly make the US market less attractive, making it harder to sell to it, with an impact on the US consumers who have been the beneficiaries of those sales," Paul Poast writes.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Global Economy

Is India Under Pressure to Pick a Side?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

As Trump threatens to double tariffs and Putin courts Modi, can India rise as a great power without choosing a side?

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks past the flags of participating countries at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 7, 2023.
Willy Kurniawan / Pool Photo via AP
Global Economy