Disfavored Nation
A new report makes the case for revoking Chinaās āPermanent Normal Trade Relationsā status and implementing a new set of tariff rates
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Ten Years of Fighting the Dragon
Looking back at a decade of shifting the consensus on China
‘Free Trade’ Is a Story of Broken Promises. America Needs Tariffs
Globalization has weakened our industrial base, eroded communities and ruined job prospects. Tariffs are essential to restoring our future.
Out of Time on Outbound
If Republicans are serious about confronting China, they need to sideline members who arenāt
The American Rejection of Globalization
While many economists continue to insist that globalization has benefited the United States, the American people do not agree.
Halting Investment in China
Oren Cass discusses why America must disentangle from China to protect its market from subversion by the CCP.
The Case for a Hard Break With China
In Foreign Affairs, Oren Cass and Gabriela Rodriguez make the case for why economic de-risking is not enough
Only Trump Could Confront China
The inside story of the trade negotiation that changed the world
Policy Brief: End āPermanent Normal Trade Relationsā with China
Reclaiming control of U.S. trade policy
Bad Trade
āBad competitivenessā results in weakening demand, which either reduces global production or requires surging debt to maintain demand and production at its existing level. Perhaps that rings a bell, because it is the world we live in.
CHIPS Wonāt Help China
American Compass executive director Oren Cass argues that demanding perfect legislation is a convenient excuse for voting no, and a standard by which everyone would always vote no.
Cutting China Tariffs Will Offer No Respite From Rising Prices
American Compass executive director Oren Cass makes the case against rolling back tariffs on China in response to inflation.
Trading It All Away
Adapted from remarks delivered by Senator Marco Rubio on the 20th anniversary of China’s ascension to the WTO.
Marco Rubio Gets It. Our Economic Addiction to China Is a National Security Threat.
Henry Olsen discusses Sen. Rubioās remarks at American Compassās inaugural Henry Clay Lecture in Political Economy.
Why China Matters to You
Twenty years into the foolish experiment of Chinese ascension to the World Trade Organization, America now has a strategic peer whose values and goals in conflict with our own. We have committed to an international system on the assumption that we would set its course, and face a hoisting by our own petard if adversaries gain leverage within its institutions.
After Hegemony
After decades of foreign policy debates centered on dealing with states and actors far weaker than ourselves, the United States has lost the āfinger tip feelā and grammar for determining how to respond to a nation that is comparable to us in power.
No, Adopting an Industrial Policy Doesnāt Mean Weāre Emulating China
There is a continuum of state involvement in industry and technology policy that spans from doing nothing to picking particular firms and technologies.
War Footing: Made in the Americas
Taking the side of ancient particularity in its long-standing quarrel with modern universalism, I warned in a July Commons post against the temptation to orient American policy towards China around the moralizing language of human rights that has dominated international discourse since the Second World War.
To Counter China, Some Republicans Are Abandoning Free-Market Orthodoxy
Jeanne Whalen reports on Republican enthusiasm for industrial policy, citing American Compass’s Moving the Chains report.
China and Civic Piety
The Chinese Communist Partyās efforts to eradicate the Uighur Muslim population in favor of the Han majority are horrifying. Programmatic abortions and sterilizations, slave labor, and āre-educationā camps recall atrocities of the past. At the same time, the CCPās ambitions for Hong Kong outrage westerners committed to liberty and the rule of law. And its record for the treatment of prisoners and religious dissidents is miserable.Ā
