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Yunan Ji, Georgetown University – The Hidden Cost of Health Care Cost-Cutting

Cutting costs has benefits, but also hidden costs. Yunan Ji, assistant professor of strategy at the McDonough School of Business, discusses this as it relates to health.…

August 12, 2025

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Trump’s Broad Tariffs Go Into Effect Just as U.S. Economic Pain Is Surfacing

Many economists say the risk is that the American economy is steadily eroded. “It’s going to be fine sand in the gears and slow things down,” said Brad Jensen, a professor…

August 7, 2025

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Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect in Fresh Test for Global Economy

Brad Jensen, a professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, said growing tariff revenues and jobs simultaneously is.…

August 7, 2025

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Federal AI Plan Targets ‘Burdensome’ State Regulations

Stephen Weymouth, faculty affiliate at Georgetown University's Baratta Center for Global Business, discusses America's AI Action Plan, aimed at addressing AI development, federal…

July 28, 2025

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Policy or Cudgel? A Trade Economist on Trump’s Hardball Tariffs.

In 2005, the economist Pietra Rivoli followed the production of a T-shirt from a cotton farm to a Walgreens to understand global trade. Today, she sees a new system.…

July 14, 2025

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US Health Authorities to Set Targets for Lowering Drug Prices

"The idea here is that within that set of fairly developed countries the U.S. wants to be the most favored nation," said Yunan Ji, assistant professor at Georgetown's McDonough…

May 21, 2025

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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