Innovation Mercantilism

Countries are increasingly vying for leadership in advanced-technology industries. In this quest, it’s important countries avoid zero-sum, “innovation mercantilist” policies—such as IP theft, forced technology transfer, or excessive industrial subsidization—that confer unfair, non-market-based advantages for domestic competitors. GTIPA reports here examine innovation mercantilism and its global economic effects.

USTR testimony signals more tensions ahead for US-China trade

A combustible confluence of factors is pushing the US-China trade relationship, and the global trade system in general, into dangerous territory. The Ukraine crisis and the potential for the imposition of painful sanctions and countersanctions only exacerbates the volatility of the moment. As the existing trade system passes away, a new equilibrium will have to be established – but could it be achieved?

Hinrich FoundationTue, 04/05/2022

European competitiveness: use potential to grow sustainably

The position of the EU as a global economic superpower is increasingly at risk. On the one hand, this is a consequence of the crises that the EU in particular has faced over the past two decades. Particularly noteworthy are the global financial crisis (2007-2009), the euro crisis (2010-2012), the refugee crisis (2015-2016), Brexit (2016-2020), the corona pandemic since 2020 and the war in Ukraine 2022.

German Economic InstituteFri, 03/25/2022

Has Russia Awakened Democracies to Cooperate vis-à-vis China’s Economic Aggression?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a horrific violation of international norms and human rights. Putin’s actions have sent a wake-up call to much of the world.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationWed, 03/09/2022

China's ambitions to set the foundations for global e-commerce

Shaping a new type of information system for e-commerce offers China the chance to bolster the larger strategy of the Chinese Communist Party to control information in the digital era. An advantage in this space enables an advantage in global trade.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 03/01/2022

Canada critical to helping ensure global supply chain security

As victim of China’s weaponization of essential products, Canada needs to help diversify supply chains for the benefit of the world, writes Stephen Nagy in the Japan Times.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Wed, 02/16/2022

The Importance of IP

Answers are not always clear-cut when it comes to different policy objectives but any liberal pro-trade agenda must include strong IP rights.

Austrian Economics CenterSun, 02/13/2022

The impact of Dual Circulation Strategy on China’s overseas investments

The international dimension to China's Dual Circulation Strategy can be summarized as the use of the country's domestic savings pool to achieve its geopolitical goals by economic means. This is unlikely to go unchallenged by market economies, and the global trading system will likely suffer further stress as the politicization of every aspect of international economic engagement deepens.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 02/08/2022

About the Commercial Strategy with China, A Return to the Past?

In a highly anticipated speech by US Representative Katherine Tai outlining the Biden administration's strategy toward China , trade policy watchers we are left with more questions than answers.

Fundación Internacional BasesMon, 12/27/2021

Unprecedented: How intellectual property rights helped the pandemic response

The call to remove IP on Covid-19 products could be counterproductive, slowing the innovation response to pandemics – current and future – and stemming the relevant technology and knowledge flows globally. The reason is simple: An absence of IP protection would make knowledge and technology sharing unduly risky.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 11/30/2021

China’s circumvention of trade remedies – and how the US can respond

China’s institutionalized trade circumvention apparatus presents an enormous challenge for modern trade policy and existing remedies are ill-equipped to address the problem. The global trade system needs a new and updated set of tools, which start from and require the US to coordinate with its allies and partners.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 11/23/2021

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