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ASPI convenes Asian and American stakeholders to work on issues related to trade practices, investment, technological innovation and acquisition, intellectual property, and market access. Our work is distinguished by the breadth of the implications that we consider: not just business and economic implications, but also linkages to diplomatic relations, security, social stability, sustainability, and other considerations.

Featured Initiatives

The China Dashboard: Tracking China's Economic Reform Program

A new online, interactive dashboard from ASPI and Rhodium Group, with a series of data visualizations and graphics, provides a clear and decisive gauge of China’s economic reform program under Xi Jinping.
Building a High Standard and Inclusive Asia-Pacific Trade Architecture

ASPI initiative, led by a high-level Policy Commission, to promote economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.
Toward a Northeast Asia Carbon Market

ASPI initiative to create a roadmap for linking the carbon markets in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
Asia’s New Pivot: Evolving Ties Between East and West Asia

ASPI initiative exploring the strategic implications of emerging ties between major countries in the Middle East and major countries in east, south, and southeast Asia.

Reports

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Carbon Market Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Assessing Challenges and Overcoming Barriers

ASPI report on carbon market cooperation and linkage in Northeast Asia.

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Northeast Asia Carbon Markets and Trade Connections

ASPI report outlining ways to foster regional trade and carbon market cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea.

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Reconciling Expectations With Reality in a Transitioning Myanmar

In this ASPI issue paper, Debra Eisenman analyzes five critical challenges facing Myanmar in 2018.

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Business Sector Action to Drive Carbon Market Cooperation in Northeast Asia

ASPI report on how major companies operating in Northeast Asia can drive carbon market cooperation and capitalize on its opportunities.

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Shifting Trade Winds: U.S. Bilateralism and Asia-Pacific Economic Integration

Asia Society Policy Institute paper with recommendations for how to navigate an increasingly complex Asia-Pacific trade landscape in 2018.

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Northeast Asia and the Next Generation of Carbon Market Cooperation

ASPI report on carbon market developments in China, Japan, and Korea and how linkages can be facilitated between these markets to pursue ambitious climate change policies.

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The Trump Administration’s India Opportunity

In this ASPI paper, Marshall Bouton argues that the Trump administration should move rapidly to secure closer cooperation with India.

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Charting a Course for Trade and Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific

In the wake of the recent U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, this ASPI report makes recommendations to bolster regional economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.

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Roadmap to a Northeast Asian Carbon Market

This ASPI report by Jackson Ewing outlines potential for climate change cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea through market mechanisms.

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India's Future in Asia: The APEC Opportunity

This ASPI report examines the benefits of and obstacles to India's membership of APEC and outlines steps that would help build support for India's inclusion in the forum.

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India and APEC: Charting a Path to Membership

An Asia Society Policy Institute issue brief makes the case for India joining the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

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Avoiding the Blind Alley: China's Economic Overhaul and Its Global Implications

This major report examines the economic reforms announced at China's Third Plenum in November 2013, assesses progress in implementing reforms, and projects their economic impacts.

Commentary

Eliminating Global Poverty Means Providing Sanitation and Water for All

Kevin Rudd says that providing sanitation and water for all is a part of eliminating global poverty and reaching Sustainable Development Goals.
Trouble with the Belt and Road in Pakistan.

Anubhav Gupta writes that Pakistan has confirmed the bugs in the architecture of China’s ‘Belt and Road’.
U.S.-Japan Relations Take Work

Danny Russel says that great a U.S.-Japan alliance takes more than great personal relationships.
The United States and China—A Relationship Adrift

ASPI President Kevin Rudd looks at the challenge of how to build new rules around the U.S.-China relationship in this new era of strategic competition.
Trump Has Caught the Attention of China Policymakers

ASPI President Kevin Rudd says the period of strategic engagement between the U.S. and China is yielding to a new period of strategic competition.
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Is the United States Still a Champion of Democratic Capitalism?

Kevin Rudd tells us that if history is any guide, it is not a foregone conclusion that democratic capitalism will somehow inevitably prevail in the West, let alone in the East.
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Five Ways to Rebuild Global Trade.

Wendy Cutler says it’s time to develop a co-existence pact between the two very different systems at play in the U.S. and China.
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Could Trade War Lead to the Real Thing?

Kevin Rudd suggests we light a candle for coming trade talks with China since we’ve routinely failed to see the tipping points between failed diplomacy and limited conflict and then more general war.
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Xi Jinping's Vision for Global Governance

Kevin Rudd writes about Xi Jinping's vision for the future of global governance in Project Syndicate
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Will Trump’s ‘Tough Love’ Win Over NATO Allies?

Kevin Rudd reacts to President Trump pressuring NATO allies to pay more for defense.
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Global Trade Tensions Play Out in Wisconsin

Wendy Cutler discusses President Trump's treatment of companies doing businesses in the U.S. and abroad following the rise in trade tensions.
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America’s Trading Partners Are Having Plenty of Fun Without Us

Wendy Cutler writes in The New York Times that that America’s friends and allies are now looking elsewhere on trade.
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Trump’s Dual Gambles in Asia

Kevin Rudd talks about the diplomatic gambles Donald Trump is taking through his North Korea diplomacy and trade talks with China.
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In 'Dark Day for Trade,' U.S. Imposes Metal Tariffs on Key Allies

Wendy Cutler on the Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs on metals from the EU, Canada, and Mexico.
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What a Trade Deal With China Should Focus On

Wendy Cutler writes that the Trump administration should seek a long-term solution to the United States' trade differences with China.
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China Has the Upper Hand in Trade Talks

Wendy Cutler on the Trump administration's trade delegation to China for two-day, high-level economic meetings.
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U.S. Has Been Tough in Trade Negotiations

Wendy Cutler explains how the United States has built and benefited from the world trading system.