@erinasiafp.bsky.social
I do "economics." Hot takes, dark sarcasm, unabashed embracer of alliances, trade, and generally good relations in the world.
CSIS experts weigh in on the new #AI Action Plan and accompanying EOs to be competitive on AI. I write on how the #DFC can be used to implement Pillar III of the action plan & note issues for Congress for the reauthorization this October.
www.csis.org/analysis/exp...
www.csis.org/analysis/exp...
Experts React: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Plan to Win the AI Race
The Trump administration's launch of its AI Action Plan and accompanying executive orders removes any doubt that global leadership in AI is at the heart of economic competitiveness and national securi...
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July 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
CSIS experts weigh in on the new #AI Action Plan and accompanying EOs to be competitive on AI. I write on how the #DFC can be used to implement Pillar III of the action plan & note issues for Congress for the reauthorization this October.
www.csis.org/analysis/exp...
www.csis.org/analysis/exp...
New piece on Trump tariff chaos pushing #ASEAN to look elsewhere for economic engagement. I also write how the China Plus One strategy makes less economic sense given tariffs and Section 301 and 232 measures; companies may pursue a U.S. Plus One strategy as well.
www.csis.org/analysis/tru...
www.csis.org/analysis/tru...
Trump Tariffs Likely Pushing Asia Elsewhere for Economic Partners
Facing U.S. tariffs and other punitive economic measures, Asian economies will look elsewhere to diversify trade ties. The U.S. may lack the leverage needed to build trade deals for long-term economic...
www.csis.org
July 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New piece on Trump tariff chaos pushing #ASEAN to look elsewhere for economic engagement. I also write how the China Plus One strategy makes less economic sense given tariffs and Section 301 and 232 measures; companies may pursue a U.S. Plus One strategy as well.
www.csis.org/analysis/tru...
www.csis.org/analysis/tru...
We’ll be live at 1 pm to talk trade, tariffs, and tumult in US-ROK trade talks. Hear our thoughts on Trump’s letter, ongoing negotiations, and what’s next.
Trump hits South Korea with 25% tariffs. Can U.S.–ROK trade relations recover?
Join top voices @est.csis.org @navingirishankar.bsky.social, @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, William Alan Reinsch & @erinasiafp.bsky.social for expert analysis.
TODAY 1 PM ET. Watch here 👇
Join top voices @est.csis.org @navingirishankar.bsky.social, @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, William Alan Reinsch & @erinasiafp.bsky.social for expert analysis.
TODAY 1 PM ET. Watch here 👇
Prospects for a U.S.-Korea Econ Reset: Opportunities and Obstacles
On July 9, from 1:00-2:00 PM ET, Navin Girishanakar, President of the Economic Security and Technology Department; Victor Cha, President of the Geopolitics a...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We’ll be live at 1 pm to talk trade, tariffs, and tumult in US-ROK trade talks. Hear our thoughts on Trump’s letter, ongoing negotiations, and what’s next.
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Trump just slapped 25% tariffs on ROK & Japan. What’s next for U.S.–ROK trade?
Join @est.csis.org @navingirishankar.bsky.social, @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, William Alan Reinsch & @erinasiafp.bsky.social as they unpack the fallout—and the future of economic ties.
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Prospects for a U.S.-Korea Econ Reset: Opportunities and Obstacles | CSIS Events
CSIS experts will discuss U.S.-ROK trade negotiations and their impact on bilateral economic ties, investment opportunities, and market access for U.S. companies in South Korea.
www.csis.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Trump just slapped 25% tariffs on ROK & Japan. What’s next for U.S.–ROK trade?
Join @est.csis.org @navingirishankar.bsky.social, @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, William Alan Reinsch & @erinasiafp.bsky.social as they unpack the fallout—and the future of economic ties.
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These are concentration camps
Trump and DeSantis donors reportedly helped build out “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida’s new tent-based detention camp for immigrants in the Everglades.
Republican Donors Cash In on 'Alligator Alcatraz' Immigrant Camp
Contractors who reportedly worked on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp have been big donors to Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump.
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July 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
These are concentration camps
The latest episode of #Echonomics, “U.S. Faces Economic Competition with Asia” is out now! The episode compares the policies (and sentiment) targeting #Japan in the 1980s to #China today. You also hear anecdotes about Congress smashing Toshiba stereos. www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
U.S. Faces Economic Competition with Asia | Echonomics | CSIS Podcasts
In the 1980s, Japanese companies were snapping up New York real estate and Japanese cars lined the streets. In response, Americans and politicians targeted Japan, through the destruction of Japanese p...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The latest episode of #Echonomics, “U.S. Faces Economic Competition with Asia” is out now! The episode compares the policies (and sentiment) targeting #Japan in the 1980s to #China today. You also hear anecdotes about Congress smashing Toshiba stereos. www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
Episode 3 of Echonomics is out! In this episode, I spoke to Wendy Cutler, William Reinsch, and #China's #WTO negotiator, Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang about the China's accession to the #WTO, the good &bad, and what this means for global trade and the WTO.
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
China Enters the Global Trade System | Echonomics | CSIS Podcasts
After decades of negotiations, promises to open its markets, and convincing the Chinese people of the country’s next step, China officially joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Episode 3 of Echonomics is out! In this episode, I spoke to Wendy Cutler, William Reinsch, and #China's #WTO negotiator, Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang about the China's accession to the #WTO, the good &bad, and what this means for global trade and the WTO.
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
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What will a reimagined G7 look like?
The world needs an effective governance institution, and to serve that purpose the G7 needs to broaden its scope, enhance its capabilities, and add new voices to its deliberations.
with @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & @erinasiafp.bsky.social
The world needs an effective governance institution, and to serve that purpose the G7 needs to broaden its scope, enhance its capabilities, and add new voices to its deliberations.
with @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & @erinasiafp.bsky.social
How Global Governance can Survive: Through a Reimagined G7
YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies
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June 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What will a reimagined G7 look like?
The world needs an effective governance institution, and to serve that purpose the G7 needs to broaden its scope, enhance its capabilities, and add new voices to its deliberations.
with @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & @erinasiafp.bsky.social
The world needs an effective governance institution, and to serve that purpose the G7 needs to broaden its scope, enhance its capabilities, and add new voices to its deliberations.
with @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & @erinasiafp.bsky.social
My new podcast, Echonomics, will release its first episode on 6/10. Just in time for summer road trips, listen to policymakers, biz, journals, and scholars discuss how historical economic events in Asia still age. Impact today. Listen to the trailer here:
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
Introducing Echonomics | Echonomics | CSIS Podcasts
Introducing Echonomics, a narrative podcast that looks at how past economic events in Asia continue to impact U.S. policy today. Join us and hear how history reverberates onto today’s policy decisions...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My new podcast, Echonomics, will release its first episode on 6/10. Just in time for summer road trips, listen to policymakers, biz, journals, and scholars discuss how historical economic events in Asia still age. Impact today. Listen to the trailer here:
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
www.csis.org/podcasts/ech...
Phil Luck and I wrote about the US-Korea economic relationship and ways to stabilize it through cooperation on #ships, #chips, #energy, and #digital connectivity and cybersecurity. Easier said in the midst of #tariffs and political shifts.
www.csis.org/analysis/us-...
www.csis.org/analysis/us-...
U.S.-ROK Negotiations: An Opportunity to Reset on Trade, Investment, and Technology
A new commentary from Philip Luck and Erin Murphy explores how U.S.-ROK trade negotiations can reset the bilateral agenda on investment, technology, and economic security amid rising global competitio...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
April 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
They've even moved manufacturing to SE Asia to find cheaper labor. Chinese products are quite competitive, to the point where there is even concern about IP theft on the products and tech they are making. Just check out BYD and other goods.
fwiw, “cheap goods from china” really understates the high quality of manufacturing you can get from chinese suppliers these days. also, we can have real prosperity with pro labor economy and a generous social insurance state but they don’t want that!
Kudlow: "Buying cheap goods is not a real prosperity, and we don't have to accept that. So you lay the law down, that's all. Look, all the badly behaving children in Asia and elsewhere are coming home to papa. They're all on the phone begging for mercy."
April 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
They've even moved manufacturing to SE Asia to find cheaper labor. Chinese products are quite competitive, to the point where there is even concern about IP theft on the products and tech they are making. Just check out BYD and other goods.
Guess we'll see what it's like to become the Cuba of America, driving around whatever cars we have for the next 60 years.
April 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Guess we'll see what it's like to become the Cuba of America, driving around whatever cars we have for the next 60 years.
Check out my new piece with Matt Pearl on #subsea #cables and the new Chinese ship. Cable ships have cutting equipment for repair, but the depths to which this ship can go is new, leading to greater concerns on security and resiliency of this infrastructure.
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
China’s Underwater Power Play: The PRC’s New Subsea Cable-Cutting Ship Spooks International Security Experts
China's new subsea cable cutting capabilities heighten global security concerns, demanding urgent action to protect critical digital infrastructure.
www.csis.org
April 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Check out my new piece with Matt Pearl on #subsea #cables and the new Chinese ship. Cable ships have cutting equipment for repair, but the depths to which this ship can go is new, leading to greater concerns on security and resiliency of this infrastructure.
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
Excellent piece on impact of tariffs on #Southeastasia, particularly in the context of the anniversary of the fall of Phnom Phen in 1975 (and end of Vietnam war). As long as Trump doesn't say America is starting at Year Zero...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Chartbook 368 “I have only committed the mistake of believing in you, the Americans.” The day after Trump's "Liberation Day" in SE Asia.
“I have only committed the mistake of believing in you, the Americans.”
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April 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Excellent piece on impact of tariffs on #Southeastasia, particularly in the context of the anniversary of the fall of Phnom Phen in 1975 (and end of Vietnam war). As long as Trump doesn't say America is starting at Year Zero...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Five of the hardest hit countries with tariffs are from #ASEAN- #Cambodia, #Laos, #Vietnam, #Myanmar, and #Thailand. Three are extremely poor, at the bottom of several development indicators, & one just went through a massive earthquake. Garments, electronics, and food will be top impacted sectors
April 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I wrote a Critical Questions piece for @csis.org on the earthquake, the international response, the U.S. response post-USAID disbanding, and what this might mean for the junta for elections or engaging with the US. #whatshappeninginmyanmar
www.csis.org/analysis/com...
www.csis.org/analysis/com...
Compounding Devastation: The Myanmar Earthquake
Myanmar’s earthquake compounds an already dire humanitarian crisis. As the military regime weighs international aid against political optics, the impact of U.S. assistance is uncertain amid the absenc...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I wrote a Critical Questions piece for @csis.org on the earthquake, the international response, the U.S. response post-USAID disbanding, and what this might mean for the junta for elections or engaging with the US. #whatshappeninginmyanmar
www.csis.org/analysis/com...
www.csis.org/analysis/com...
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Nearly 26 years after the Columbine High School shooting, one of the students left wounded by a barrage of bullets has died from the injuries she sustained, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office reports.
Paralyzed Columbine survivor's death ruled a homicide 26 years after school massacre
Anne Marie Hochhalter, 43, died of sepsis last month, and a coroner has determined that the two gunshot wounds she suffered were a “significant contributing factor” in her death.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Nearly 26 years after the Columbine High School shooting, one of the students left wounded by a barrage of bullets has died from the injuries she sustained, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office reports.
Seems a wee bit unconstitutional. And also completely stupid.
Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Seems a wee bit unconstitutional. And also completely stupid.
#Poland has taken in millions of #refugees from #Ukraine and has, unfortunately, centuries of experience with aggressive neighbors. A dose of maturity and history would be advised for US leadership.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
MSN
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March 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#Poland has taken in millions of #refugees from #Ukraine and has, unfortunately, centuries of experience with aggressive neighbors. A dose of maturity and history would be advised for US leadership.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
I had the opportunity to join #BBC and Gary O'Donoghue to discuss #subsea #cables on #TheInquiry. Check it out:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Can the world rely on its undersea cable network?
How secure are the 1.5 million kilometres of fibre-optic cables keeping us connected?
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I had the opportunity to join #BBC and Gary O'Donoghue to discuss #subsea #cables on #TheInquiry. Check it out:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Since we’re reliving the 1870s, should I buy stock in the railroads? Telegraph machines? Tenement housing complexes?
February 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Since we’re reliving the 1870s, should I buy stock in the railroads? Telegraph machines? Tenement housing complexes?
DOGE right now
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January 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
DOGE right now