Publications

May 20, 2019 KEY POINTS: Incumbent PM Scott Morrison led his Liberal-National Coalition (LNC) to a stunning victory in Australian national elections on May 18, even though the LNC trailed the [...]

May 8, 2019 KEY POINTS: Chinese chief negotiator Liu He rejoins trade talks tomorrow, leaving President Trump less than a day to evaluate whether Beijing’s concessions are enough to justify a [...]

April 23, 2019 KEY POINTS: As expected, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine’s presidential election on April 21. While Zelenskiy will enter office in [...]

April 17, 2019 KEY POINTS: Following a bilateral agreement to launch trade talks last September, USTR Lighthizer and Economic Revitalization Minister Motegi met April 15-16 in Washington to [...]

April 16, 2019 KEY POINTS: On April 17, Indonesian voters will elect their seventh president and fill more than 20,000 legislative seats in both houses of parliament, provincial legislatures, and [...]

April 16, 2019 KEY POINTS: US-China trade talks are edging closer to conclusion, with the sides agreeing to establish an enforcement office in each country. Progress is expected regarding [...]

March 22, 2019 Much has happened since our last Brexit analysis on March 18, which is here.  But despite all the news coming out of this week’s European Council summit, we still have little [...]

March 18, 2019 Once again, we are heading into another critical week in the Brexit saga. As Britain’s path out of the European Union goes through multiple twists and turns, there are still at [...]

March 16, 2019 KEY POINTS: Lawmakers endorsed China’s new foreign investment law as expected, a step forward to reduce discrimination against foreign firms. We don’t expect forced technology [...]

March 14, 2019 KEY POINTS: A quick trade deal would be in the interest of both Presidents. Yet Trump’s walk-away from his North Korea summit, coupled with Beijing’s memories of the President’s [...]