United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement

August 3, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Matthew Zweig

A Bipartisan Fix, 30 Years in the Making

Bipartisan lawmaking is alive and well, at least when it comes to a dangerous but little-known loophole in America’s system for enforcing trade policy. This flaw can be seen in the case of $14.4 million...

May 12, 2026 | Daniel Swift |

Modernization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act

May 4, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

A Gameplan for American Economic Security:

Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy

March 19, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Daniel Swift, Susan Soh

Forging a New Critical Minerals Reality

January 20, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Susan Soh

Canada’s Bet on Beijing Puts USMCA at Risk

Does Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney really consider China to be a “more predictable” partner than the United States? During a visit to Beijing last week, Carney unveiled a “new strategic partnership”...

December 19, 2025 | Susan Soh |

New Mexican Tariffs Strike a Blow Against China

Mexico is picking a side in the U.S.-China trade war. On December 10, the country’s congress voted to authorize tariffs of up to 50 percent on imports from China in a significant escalation of its existing...

December 11, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Trojan Horse

China's Auto Threat to America

May 16, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

January 16, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

‘The Cruelty of Forced Labor’: U.S. Bans Imports from 37 Chinese Firms Implicated in Uyghur Genocide 

The United States has extended its efforts to punish Chinese firms suspected of using forced labor from the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority is facing...

December 9, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

How To Stop China From Manipulating North American Markets

When Chinese firms move operations to Mexico, there are real costs for the United States.

August 30, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

The Case for a Strong North American Alliance is Getting Stronger

Around the world, from Ukraine to the Taiwan Strait, democracies are under threat.  It is easy, therefore, to take for granted the stability, strength, and durability of North American democracies. ...

June 28, 2024 | Richard Goldberg, Connor Pfeiffer

Post-Biden, we must secure the border to address the looming national-security threat

Just two days after that 50 ISIS-linked illegal migrants were on the loose somewhere in the United States, President Biden dismissed the threat of terrorists entering our...

April 19, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski, John Austin

Domestic Investments Can Aid All Democracies

Last summer's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was a huge win for America's "green" game, but it also provoked worries among U.S. allies about the protectionism...

January 14, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Latin America

January 14, 2021 | Orde Kittrie |

International Law

January 31, 2019 | Juan C. Zarate |

Midterm Assessment: Economic Security