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Some of China’s trade partners accuse the country of unfairly subsidizing its state-owned enterprises, and this is part of the reason the United States has imposed tariffs on many Chinese goods. Zhang Chunlin of the World Bank proposes competitive neutrality, a principle advocated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: restricting SOES from using state tools to increase...

As nations apply regulations that limit the internet, some protecting and others invading privacy, the information highway may fragment. “All signs point to a future with three internets,” notes an opinion essay written by the New York Times editorial board. “But all three spheres — Europe, America and China — are generating sets of rules, regulations and norms that are beginning to rub up...

In a Brookings blog post, Geoffrey Gertz picks out five salient facts about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. The trade deal replaces the North America Free Trade Agreement, and while it will be officially signed by the three heads of state on December 1, it will only become law after each country’s legislative branch grants approval. Despite US President Donald Trump’s claim...