The tariffs targeting cheap Chinese imports mean prices in the US are higher than average, at the same time Biden is pushing for more renewable energy. But their effect might surprise you.
China and the US are racing for quantum technology breakthroughs in weapons, communications, sensing, and computing that could tilt the balance between the world’s military forces.
Making history: US president Richard Nixon meeting Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing in1972.
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Large-scale job losses in the US due to trade with China will lead to enduring demographic and political aftershocks without the implementation of policies that promote widespread job growth.
U.S. Army soldiers walk to their C-17 cargo plane for departure on May 11, 2013, at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
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If the United States expects to sustain its global influence, it will have to navigate increasing international and domestic pressure against its foreign military presence.
The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz sailing in the South China Sea in July 2020.
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China and the US have differing interpretations of the law of the sea – and this is fuelling deep distrust and suspicion.
The ongoing construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, near Kamloops, B.C., in September 2021. China’s clean energy plans could create problems for Canada.
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Canada has neglected to keep up with China’s climate politics, putting the future of the country’s fossil fuel exports at risk.
China has more solar power capacity than any other country and makes many of the world’s solar cells, but coal is still its top energy source.
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While neoliberalism has allowed U.S. markets to grow, the resultant stunted public health system left Americans to figure out how to protect themselves from COVID-19 and its fallout on their own.
Plus, an extract from the Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast on the damage done when North Americans pretend to have Indigenous identity. Listen to episode 38 of The Conversation Weekly.
Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, says her country will boost its defensive capabilities to address the pressure from mainland China.
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