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Rare earths are definitely China's trump card
Oped, Angela Huyue Zhang, Published on 15/08/2025
» China's weaponisation of rare earths has emerged as a major flash point in US-China trade negotiations. These critical materials, especially the high-performance magnets they make possible, are vital components in electric vehicles (EVs), wind turbines, industrial robotics, and advanced defence systems. In response to China's strict rare-earths export controls, the United States has quietly lowered tariffs, relaxed export controls on AI chips, and even softened visa restrictions for Chinese students.
Navigating Thailand's energy transition
Oped, Kongpob Areerat, Published on 25/04/2024
» In Thailand’s National Energy Plan (NEP) — a blueprint outlining the country’s energy strategy from 2023 to 2037 — a small portion of nuclear energy is included as one form of alternative energy.
Green tech bans not implausible
News, David Fickling, Published on 19/03/2024
» In a world riven by great-power conflict, economic decoupling, high inflation, and worries that the interests of capital are being put ahead of workers, an obvious enemy can emerge: technology. The best way to preserve the status quo is to destroy the machinery that promises a change to existing ways.
Investor doubts grow as China loses its lustre
News, Mike Dolan, Published on 14/09/2023
» Whether China has become "uninvestable" or not, avoidance of the world's second-largest economy suggests the economic and political risks there have simply become too hard to assess.
Biden has done very little for the US economy
Oped, Anne O Krueger, Published on 25/08/2023
» To the dismay of many economists, US President Joe Biden's administration has retained most of its predecessor's tariffs and trade barriers. In fact, contrary to most analysts' expectations, the United States has imposed additional protectionist measures, such as Mr Biden's "buy American" policies, resulting in higher costs for American consumers and taxpayers.
Why gun violence has become a major US export
News, Francis Wilkinson, Published on 15/08/2023
» It's hard to think of a greater perversion of this country's national interest or a more morally grotesque public policy than the murderous chain of corruption in Guatemala that is facilitated by the US Department of Commerce, detailed in a Bloomberg News report.
How US should support Taiwan
Oped, Chang-Tai Hsieh & Jason Hsu, Published on 20/04/2023
» The stern warnings issued by China ahead of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's tour of the US and Central America have highlighted the threat that intensifying Chinese pressure poses to the island's security and stability. But the warnings also underscored the degree to which the US efforts to "on-shore" semiconductor manufacturing could cripple Taiwan's economy at a critical time.
US's semiconductor subsidy is counterproductive
Oped, Anne O. Krueger, Published on 06/04/2023
» Last year's US CHIPS and Science Act created large subsidies for investments in domestic semiconductor fabrication facilities (fabs) because microchips are essential to the US economy and national security. But while no one disputes the importance of chips (which are used in everything from cruise missiles to refrigerators), there are serious questions about whether subsidising such investments is the best way to secure a reliable supply.
Tackling noncommunicable diseases among poor
News, Gene Bukhman & Gina Agiostratidou, Published on 30/01/2019
» This week, global health leaders are gathering in Bangkok for the 2019 Prince Mahidol Award Conference. This year's conference theme is the political economy of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs include a diverse array of conditions ranging from heart disease and cancer to congenital disorders and mental illness and kill approximately 41 million people globally each year. Addressing NCDs is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Trump faces battle over Yemen
News, Mohamad Bazzi, Published on 03/12/2018
» The US Senate voted 63 to 37 on Wednesday to clear the way for a debate and final vote on a resolution to end American military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. It's the first time that an anti-war resolution has advanced in Congress since Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in Yemen's civil war in early 2015.