Want to Stop Trump Bullying Your Country? Retaliate

Faced with economic coercion, Europe has trodden carefully—but a cautious response is not enough, writes CFR Fellow and Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies Edward Fishman for the Guardian. Read his take

Tracking Trump’s Trade Deals

The president has set out to rewrite the rules of trade, one deal at a time. CFR Fellow Inu Manak and Associate Director for Geoeconomics Allison J. Smith created a tracker that breaks down the content of the deals to date. See the highlights

U.S.-Taiwan Trade Agreement Leaves Major Questions Open

The U.S.-Taiwan Reciprocal Trade Agreement should provide welcome stability to bilateral economic ties, but differences over the trade balance, semiconductor manufacturing, and currency intervention will remain, explain CFR Fellow David Sacks and Research Associate Steven Honig. Read more

The House Votes to Rein in Trump’s Canada Tariffs

The passage of the resolution revoking the president’s national emergency declaration is a symbolic victory that shows why Congress struggles to constrain presidents, writes CFR Fellow James M. Lindsay. Learn more

Japan’s Heavy Metal PM, Political Threats to Markets, and China’s Sad Horse

On CFR’s new weekly podcast, which follows the ripple effects of global events, Fellows Rebecca Patterson and Sebastian Mallaby examine the “fragile four” economies—the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and France—and why politics is increasingly spilling into financial markets.  

This Is What Convinced Me OpenAI Will Run Out of Money

The big question in 2026 is whether capital markets can adequately finance artificial intelligence’s development. Companies such as OpenAI are likely to run out of cash before their tantalizing new technology produces big profits, writes Mallaby for the New York Times. Read his op-ed

Global Growth Tracker: World Economies by GDP

This tracker by CFR Fellow Benn Steil charts the economic growth performance through time of ninety-one countries around the globe. Hover over each country on the map to see its latest growth data. 

Leapfrogging China’s Critical Minerals Dominance

In the latest Council Special Report from CFR and Silverado Policy Accelerator, CFR Fellow Heidi Crebo-Rediker and Silverado’s Vice President of Policy for Critical Supply Chains Mahnaz Khan assert that the United States can leapfrog China’s critical minerals dominance by scaling disruptive innovation, recovery, and recycling.