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Trump’s Trade Policy Raises Awkward Questions for Gulf Visit

"The move from predictable, rules-based agreements towards a more unilateral, transactional approach has created uncertainties that reverberate far beyond Washington or Beijing."…

May 13, 2025

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‘How Do I Survive?’: Tariffs Threaten U.S. Market for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine, or T.C.M., has boomed over the last 20 years, driven by immigration and a willingness among American consumers to try something new when seeking…

May 9, 2025

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Trump’s Tariff Plan is Throwing into Disarray Companies’ Efforts to Diversify out of China

“Investments in factories once made cannot be easily or instantaneously reversed... Moving those factories to another destination will take several years,” said Arthur Dong,…

April 10, 2025

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Will the U.S.-China Conflict Lead to a New Global Trading System?

The economic confrontation between the United States and China is no longer a mere passing issue or a temporary dispute. Rather, it has transformed into an entrenched conflict…

April 9, 2025

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He Bet His Life Savings on Paper Straws. Trump May Destroy his Business.

“The president signed a seemingly narrow order to ban paper straw procurement by the federal government, but what consumers are internalizing is that paper straws are bad,…

March 5, 2025

Research and Insights

Office Hours: Evaluating the True Impact of Seemingly Good Acts

Jason Brennan, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor, explores the ethical complexities of doing good in Questioning Beneficence: Four Philosophers on Effective…

February 26, 2025

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The Fed is in No Hurry to Keep Cutting Towards Neutral, says Paul McCulley

Paul McCulley, former PIMCO chief economist and adjunct professor at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, joins CNBC's "The Exchange" to discuss outlooks on the economy,…

January 28, 2025

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How D.C. Regulators Made 2024 the Year That Big Hollywood Deals Didn’t Happen

“This is a regime that was ideologically motivated to say big business is inherently suspect and that large companies present risks economically, politically and socially,”…

January 9, 2025

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Meta’s Fact-Checking Overhaul Widens Global Rift on Disinformation

“There’s clearly fragmentation in the digital economy that is a result of these differing regulatory approaches,” said Stephen Weymouth, Provost's Distinguished Associate…

January 9, 2025

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Pro Take: Remote Work’s Persistence Helps Keep Housing Prices High Outside Big Cities

“In smaller cities, the willingness for people to pay more to be closer to the city center has returned to prepandemic levels,” said Ferdinando Monte, associate professor of…

January 6, 2025