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Upcoming Events

Global Economy Roundtable with Daleep Singh

In-Person EVENT

Daleep Singh and Brent Neiman discuss global economic policy and macroeconomic trends in the first edition of the revitalized Global Eceonomy Roundtable Series.

Stock numbers on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange on October 1, 2025.
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Past Events

Mining the Future: America's Critical Minerals Challenge

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Paramita Das, Alaina Harkness, and Karl Friedhoff discuss the strategic challenges facing the US as it tries to secure critical mineral supply chains while balancing competing policy priorities.

Paramita Das, Alaina Harkess, and Karl Friedhoff on the council stage.
Ana Miyares Photography

Navigating Reciprocal Tariffs and Strengthening US-India Trade and Investment Ties

PAST EVENT

Mark Linscott joins senior business leaders from across Chicago to discuss the evolving dynamics of US-India trade negotiations amid recent developments.

Workers in a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India on August 25, 2025.
Manish Swarup / AP

Commentary & Analysis

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, 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

Research

Critical Minerals, Rare Earth Elements, and the Challenges Ahead for the United States

RESEARCH
Report by Karl Friedhoff

Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward.

Ore is hauled from the Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine in Utah
Rick Bowmer / AP
US Foreign Policy

Survey of Chinese Public Opinion on International Affairs

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Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

New polling from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Center offers a rare window into how Chinese citizens view China's global role and foreign policy.

A woman holds a Chinese flag as she poses for a photo near Tiananmen Gate
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Michael H. Moskow 

Vice Chair and Distinguished Fellow, Global Economy
Council expert Michael H. Moskow

Julián Ventura 

Nonresident Distinguished Fellow, Latin America and the Global Economy
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