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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

Interactive data visualizations and graphics developed with the Rhodium Group to clearly gauge China by the numbers 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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Strength in Numbers

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

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Advancing the U.S.-Korea Economic Agenda

Issue paper highlighting areas for closer economic cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea.

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The Avoidable War: U.S.-China Relations and the End of Strategic Engagement

A compendium of six speeches by ASPI President Kevin Rudd on the increasingly fraught ties between the U.S and China.

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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.

Commentary

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International Support Could Bolster U.S. Trade Talks with China

Wendy Cutler makes the case for working with others on China in an op-ed published by Axios.
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ASEAN Connectivity and China-Japan Infrastructure Export Competition

Blake Berger on how China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Japan’s Partnership for Quality Infrastructure (PQI) affect the integration in ASEAN today.
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Wendy Cutler on U.S.-Japan Trade Relations

Wendy Cutler discusses challenges to a new international economic order.
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U.S.-China Relations: At Lowest Point in Almost Half a Century

Kevin Rudd offers insights on U.S.-China trade negotiations.
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Wendy Cutler: Inviting Trump to China Was a 'Brilliant' Move

Wendy Cutler spoke to CNBC about the results of recent U.S.-China trade talks.
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U.S-China Relations: What Could Go Right?

Kevin Rudd joined "What Could Go Right?" podcast to discuss the future of U.S.-China relations and global order.
Wendy Cutler on Advancing the U.S.-Korea Economic Relationship

The ASPI vice president and veteran trade negotiator explains why a new issue paper she co-authored on U.S.-Korea trade is so timely.
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The Fate of U.S.-China Economic Relations in 2019

Kevin Rudd spoke to CNN Business about U.S.-China trade talks and the global economic outlook in 2019.
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The Stakes are High as China and the U.S. Resume Trade Talks

Wendy Cutler talks with NPR about U.S.-China trade talks.
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China's Great Policy Correction

Kevin Rudd writes that China's economic reformers see an opportunity in the U.S. trade war to reboot a plan for change on the domestic front.
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Huawei Arrest Shows Trump Has No Game Plan Against China

By escalating tensions over national security, the United States may be hurting its own position in trade talks.
Kevin Rudd on U.S.-China Relations: What Happens Next?

The former Australian prime minister discusses a shift in Sino-American relations from "strategic engagement" to "strategic competition."
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U.S.-China Relations in 2019

Kevin Rudd's speech on the future of the U.S.-China trade war after the G20 meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi.
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Daniel Russel: Prospects for the Economy in 2019

Daniel Russel's speech on prospects for the economy in 2019
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The United States and China at a Crossroads

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks on the U.S. and China at a Crossroads in an address at Asia Society headquarters.
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The China Standard

China is no longer a country content with its current circumstances, ASPI President Kevin Rudd tells Japan's Asahi Shimbun.
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ASEAN Must Respond Boldly to Growing U.S.-China Competition

ASEAN should advance own Indo-Pacific concept or see Washington or Beijing take the lead, writes ASPI President Kevin Rudd.