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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

Emerging Female Trade Leaders

Working to develop the next generation of Asia's female trade leaders through mentorship opportunities and skill-building workshops.
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Responding to Trade Coercion: A Growing Threat to the Global Trading System

The Asia Society Policy Institute and the Perth USAsia Centre published a joint report on trade coercion offering ten policy options for governments to consider.
Supply Chains: A Shifting Indo-Pacific

Examines an emerging trend of the relocation, diversification, and reshoring of supply chains by mapping out the foreign investment policies of economies in the Indo-Pacific region.
Building a High Standard and Inclusive Asia-Pacific Trade Architecture

An initiative aimed at promoting economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.
The China Dashboard: Tracking China's Economic Reform Program

Using hard data to analyze China's economy under Xi Jinping.

Reports

Stock photo of a porter with sugar cane in China. MediaProduction. Getty Images.

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China's Common Prosperity Program: Causes, Challenges, and Implications

A new report from ASPI, which analyzes China's common prosperity program and its impact.

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021.

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Reflections on China and U.S.-China Relations in 2021

A compendium of 2021 speeches and essays by ASPI President Kevin Rudd on The Avoidable War.

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China: An Economic and Political Outlook for 2022

ASPI President Kevin Rudd's policy paper provides an analysis of how China’s economic challenges are likely to shape its politics and policies in the year ahead.

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Responding to Trade Coercion: A Growing Threat to the Global Trading System

The Asia Society Policy Institute and the Perth USAsia Centre published a joint report on trade coercion offering ten policy options for governments to consider.

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ASPI Notes for the Biden Administration

Creative and practical ideas for how the United States might re-engage in the Asia Pacific in the critical first six months of the new administration.

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Nature and Nurture: How the Biden Administration Can Advance Ties With India

Anubhav Gupta provides a blueprint for how the incoming U.S. administration can bolster U.S.-India ties.

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Reengaging the Asia-Pacific on Trade: A TPP Roadmap for the Next U.S. Administration

Wendy Cutler lays out a roadmap for the next U.S. administration to reengage with the TPP.

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Curbing State-Driven Trade Policies

How can international trade rules better address the trade distortions presented by industrial subsidies and other forms of state aid?

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The Avoidable War: The Case for Managed Strategic Competition

A compendium of 2019 speeches by ASPI President Kevin Rudd on the need to manage U.S.-China competition.

Belt and Road Initiative Martix Data Visualization

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Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative

Recommendations to ensure beneficial and sustainable BRI outcomes.

How will Chinese trade be affected by a trade war with the U.S.

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Trade in Trouble: How the Asia Pacific Can Step Up and Lead Reforms

Wendy Cutler calls on the Asia Pacific to lead trade reforms in this latest ASPI issue paper.

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Strength in Numbers

Wendy Cutler makes the case for a collaborative approach to addressing concerns with China's state-led economic model.

Commentary

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ASPI Note: What To Expect From the U.S.-Taiwan 21st Century Trade Initiative

What to know about the U.S.-Taiwan trade relationship.
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Kevin Rudd on the Decade of Living Dangerously

Asia Society and ASPI President Kevin Rudd sat down with The Wire China's David Barboza to discuss the themes of his new book on U.S.-China relations.
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ASPI Note: Beijing Moves To Avoid Delisting of Chinese Companies in the U.S.

What to know about China's amendment of its secrecy laws to save Chinese companies from being delisted from U.S. exchanges.
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ASPI Note: The EU-China April Fools’ Day Summit and What Comes Next

What to know about the EU-China Summit.
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ASPI Note: China Scrambles for Firmer Economic Policy Ground

What to know about Vice Premier Liu He's urgent meeting of China's Financial Stability and Development Committee.
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ASPI Note: Russia Reprisals Should Prompt Policymakers To Think Twice About Severing China Ties

What to know about the risks of the United States sanctioning China the way it has sanctioned Russia.
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No Longer Business as Usual at the World Trade Organization

Wendy Cutler and Amb. Rufus Yerxa write in The National Interest on the implications for the invasion of Ukraine for the WTO.
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Reflections on China and U.S.-China Relations in 2021

A compendium of 2021 speeches and essays by ASPI President Kevin Rudd on The Avoidable War.
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Moving Forward at the WTO

Experts, including WTO Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard, discuss the way forward on critical trade issues following the postponement of the World Trade Organization 12th Ministerial Conference.
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China’s Economic Downturn Gives Rise to a Winter of Discontent

Kevin Rudd writes in The Wall Street Journal about the economic and political outlook for China in 2022.
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Biden’s Asia Policy, One Year In

Danny Russel and Wendy Cutler write in The Diplomat about the Biden Administration’s policy towards Asia and the Indo-Pacific during its first year.
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China: An Economic and Political Outlook for 2022

ASPI President Kevin Rudd's policy paper provides an analysis of how China’s economic challenges are likely to shape its politics and policies in the year ahead.