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Christina Lu

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energy and environment reporter @foreignpolicy.com // say hi at [email protected]

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Marcelo Rinesi @marcelorinesi.bsky.social · 21d

"Yet the U.S. industry remains deeply dependent on foreign know-how to grow its own sector[...]"

To file under today's set of phrases that concisely express how much we are *not* in Kansas any more.

by @christinalu.bsky.social also via @adamtooze.bsky.social

Trump’s Hyundai Raid Drains U.S. Battery Brains

The United States can’t build the powerful technologies on its own.

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 14d

The United States is publicly and privately pressuring the World Bank and other institutions to boost fossil fuel lending and turn away from green energy efforts, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.

Trump Takes His Fossil Fuel Crusade Global

The U.S. leader is pressuring the world to abandon climate action. Will it work?

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Rishi Iyengar @iyengarish.bsky.social · May 30

For all the Trump-Modi bonhomie, Trump's crackdown on international students coming to the U.S. will disproportionately hurt India.

It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.

Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...

Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · May 30

Trump wants to choke off incoming flows of international students—a group that has long driven scientific innovation in America and pumped tens of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...

Who Pays the Price in Trump’s Crusade Against Universities?

International students have pumped billions of dollars into the U.S. economy.

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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · May 21

In 2021, China joined the Kigali Agreement, and pledged to stop emitting HFC-23, a climate super pollutant 14,700x stronger than CO2.

The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track,
@mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive:

foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...

China Claims It Slashed Emissions of a Major Super Pollutant. The Data Says Otherwise.

As of 2023, China continued to emit HFC-23 at high levels in violation of an international agreement.

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · Apr 29

Trump last week signed an executive order that would fast-track efforts to exploit key minerals in both national and international waters, citing the defense of a “core national security and economic interest,” FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.

Trump’s Brazen Push to Mine the Ocean Floor

The U.S. leader could pave the way for a gold rush in international waters.

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Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Apr 28

Trump has officially jump-started U.S. efforts to mine the seafloor, pitching the US into the center of a contentious debate that has sparked fears of a race to the bottom in the world's oceans @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/28/t...

Trump’s Risky Push to Mine the Ocean Floor

The U.S. leader could pave the way for a gold rush in international waters.

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Keith Johnson @kfj-fp.bsky.social · Apr 4

Nothing says winning like blowing up all your own markets. Farmers must be thrilled.
Great piece from @christinalu.bsky.social

foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...

American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain

The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation.

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Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Apr 4

As top U.S. trading partners strike back against Trump’s expanding and increasingly aggressive trade war, American farmers are all but certain to be caught in the middle. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...

American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain

The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation.

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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · Apr 2

. @kfj-fp.bsky.social has the rundown on Liberation Day and its sweeping implications.

w/ assists from me and @christinalu.bsky.social

foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/02/t...

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Brings Even Bigger Tariffs Than Expected

Double-digit tariffs on nearly every trading partner will likely spark reprisals.

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Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks for sharing but I think you've tagged the wrong Christina Lu!

Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Mar 19

Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China is also roiling one of his key voter bases: American farmers. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/19/t...

Trump’s Trade War Roils a Key Voter Base

American farmers risk becoming “collateral damage” of the U.S. president’s go-to foreign-policy tool.

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Eric Michael Johnson @ericmjohnson.bsky.social · Feb 27

One explanation for Trump’s unprecedented push to annex Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal and extort Ukraine is securing rare earth minerals and a supply chain free from China’s control writes @christinalu.bsky.social. Where prior administrations used diplomacy, Trump relies on blunt force.

Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line

What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.

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Rishi Iyengar @iyengarish.bsky.social · Feb 28

Few news stories or pieces can capture the unbelievable White House exchange between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky today as well as simply reading it in their own words.

@anusharathi.bsky.social and @christinalu.bsky.social have you covered for @foreignpolicy.com

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...

Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange

The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.

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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · Feb 27

Most reviews of Oscar nominee "September 5" have focused on its depictions of crisis reporting or Israel-Palestine. But I argue that the film offers an equally keen look at German identity formation after World War II, particularly with regard to defense and military readiness.

‘September 5’ and the Pitfalls of German Idealism

The Munich Olympics massacre still echoes in the country’s security debates.

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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · Feb 27

“We had an almost identical, sort of hyperbolic discussion in the media about the minerals and metals under the ground in Afghanistan,” Bazilian told @christinalu.bsky.social, describing the Ukraine hype as “largely a red herring.”

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...

Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line

What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Feb 27

Exclusive: The Nature Conservancy was told by @noaa.gov it had to use “Gulf of America” or lose its federal funding, according to a leaked email and memo sent to all staff this morning

cc @heatmap.news

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Nature Conservancy Told to Say ‘Gulf of America’ or Lose Federal Funding

A leaked internal memo reveals why the environmental group adopted President Trump’s new name.

Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Feb 27

What do Canada, Greenland, Panama, and Ukraine really have in common? My latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...

Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line

What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.

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Keith Johnson @kfj-fp.bsky.social · Feb 25

If Trump’s minerals extortion of Ukraine is confusing to you, imagine how confusing it is to people who know this stuff.
For starters, there are none, not of what Trump seems to believe he thinks he is after. (1/5)

Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Feb 21

Ukraine does not actually produce any rare earths now, nor has it produced any supplies in recent decades—casting doubt over what a potential deal could actually achieve. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/20/t...

Where Does the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal Stand?

The prospect of an agreement looks increasingly uncertain.

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · Feb 14

Washington and Kyiv appear to be inching closer to a potential rare-earth deal that could see the countries exchange Ukraine’s mineral resources for continued U.S. aid, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.

Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk?

Kyiv may have the critical minerals, but that’s just one part of the equation.

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Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Feb 14

Why does Trump want Ukraine's rare earths, and would a deal actually make any sense? My latest for
@foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/12/t...

Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk?

Kyiv may have the critical minerals, but that’s just one part of the equation.

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Alexandra Sharp @alexandrassharp.bsky.social · Feb 14

Reality dating shows—popular for their pot-stirring entanglements—provide a rare geopolitical lens into family, gender, and (of course) love.

FP’s roundup on the global state of romance is a must read on Valentine’s Day.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...

Around the World, Love Gets a Reality Check

Foreign Policy’s guide to the global state of (televised) romance.

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Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · Feb 14

Looking for love? You’re not alone. Foreign Policy looked at the world’s biggest international reality dating shows—and what they say about the global state of romance. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...

Around the World, Love Gets a Reality Check

Foreign Policy’s guide to the global state of (televised) romance.

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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · Feb 6

As Trump decides where to take China policy next—from Taiwan to AI, I took a step back and looked at whether the Biden administration’s strategy to outcompete China succeeded, and at what cost. Here's my deep dive:

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/06/b...

Did Biden Get China Right?

The administration aimed to outcompete China. Four years later, here’s how it measured up.

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