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Dan Steinbock
Overcoming decades of missed FDI in the Philippines
Since the 1980s, economic success in Asia has often relied on foreign investment, at least initially. Last week,…
Trump’s Asia strategy, goals and realities
If President Obama’s pivot was based on multilateral trade agreements, which were mainly geopolitical and…
The Trump administration’s IP battle against China
In mid-August, President Trump asked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to open an investigation into…
The struggle for Bolivia is about to begin
While middle class Bolivians are demonstrating against the incumbent president’s bid to extend term limits, the…
The great shift of global economic power
BRIC economies continue to grow. In the late 2020s, the size of China’s economy will surpass that of the…
Trump’s path to IP wars
As the White House is about to escalate trade friction in intellectual property, it has opted for a…
If America exits the Paris Accord, climate risks will…
Even before Irma and its successors, Typhoon Hato and Hurricane Harvey caused massive devastation from the US to…
Trump’s fall: The eclipse of the presidency? (Part II)…
As violent demonstrations linger domestically and nuclear risks loom abroad, the White House has flamed new…
How steel became US security concern – and global trade…
As the White House seeks to turn steel overcapacity into a national security matter, the issue is alienating not…
Are advanced economies ready for recovery, really?
Until recently, the conventional wisdom was that China’s contribution to global reflation would be increasingly…
US-China Ties in the shadow of the Mueller investigation
In the foreseeable future, the Trump administration will be constrained by the special counsel’s Russia…
The Vienna deal: Only temporary relief in oil markets
The Vienna agreement among OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers will extend oil cuts by nine months. After the deal, oil…