supply chain restructuring - Residual Influence

U.S.-China technology rivalry reflected in advanced semiconductor chips in a laboratory setting

U.S.-China Technology Rivalry Rewrites The Rules Of Access To Chips

Rebecca Chan1 month ago1 month ago013 mins

In recent years, technological competition has definitively shed the mask of the “free market” and stepped onto the stage in full geopolitical attire. Where discussions once centered on globalization and mutual benefit, the dry language of restrictions, lists, and licenses now prevails. Export controls and trade investigations have ceased to be the dull accounting of…

Container ships and cargo terminals illustrating Southeast Asia’s trade flows under America First trade policy

Navigating Fragmentation: Southeast Asia Under the Impact of “America First”

Rebecca Chan3 months ago3 months ago011 mins

Institutional Dismantling Under the Guise of Rules The “America First” policy has given rise to a new genre of global governance — unilateral protectionism stylized as concern for “fair trade.” Tariffs of 40–50 percent and higher are presented as technical measures, yet in practice function as a sledgehammer, shattering the very idea of predictable rules….