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The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning prepares for sea trials at Dalian shipyard on February 29, 2024, in Dalian, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Trade
Trade
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The LNG tanker Maria Energy is moored alongside the Floating Storage and Regasification Unit vessel Hoegh Esperanza at the Uniper LNG terminal at the Jade estuary in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on January 4, 2023. (Focke Strangmann via Getty Images)
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The logo of Nippon Steel Corporation at the company's Kyushu manufacturing base on February 16, 2024, in Kitakyushu, Japan. (Philip Fong via Getty Images)
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A general view of the city Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 25, 2023. (Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Leadership from Camp Lemonnier and Combined Task Force-Horn of Africa attend a graduation ceremony and skills demonstration for the Somalian Police Force at the Djibouti Police Academy on April 9, 2019. (Joe Rullo via DVIDS)
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The tankers Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative, which have been reflagged as US registered vessels with US crews. (Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)
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Kevin McCarthy speaks with Tsai Ing-wen during a bipartisan meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on April 5, 2023. (Frederic J. Brown via Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping after speaking at a press event at the Great Hall of People on October 23, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer via Getty Images)
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Australia's Trade Minister Don Farrell attends a press conference following a meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on May 12, 2023. (Florence Lo/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Experts
Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow
William Chou
Japan Chair Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Irwin M. Stelzer
Senior Fellow
