The new African Continental Free Trade Agreement, reforming the presidential pardon power, and climate issues in U.S.-China relations.
| Avoiding the climate canard in US-China relations Fears that the Biden administration will be played by China on climate issues are overwrought, built on a false narrative of the past, and focused on the wrong questions. Ryan Hass unpacks these fears and discusses how Biden can explore U.S.-China policy coordination despite intensifying competition. Read more |
| Are Trump’s pardons a blessing in disguise? As President Trump’s irregular and self-serving pardons roll out, the United States is having a national conversation about this extraordinary presidential power. Margaret Colgate Love says that it’s time to ask some basic questions about what role the pardon power should play in the ordinary operation of the federal justice system. Read on Lawfare |
| Mitigating short-term adjustment costs of the AfCFTA On January 1, trading officially commenced under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Hippolyte Fofack, chief economist and director of research and international cooperation at the African Export-Import Bank, discusses how the deal could transform Africa and lays out several policies to address growing pains. Read more |
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