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For Business Interests, Republican Victory is a Mixed Bag of Tea

By Robert Nelson, BASC Research Assistant Free traders and business interests are usually ecstatic when Republicans win electoral victories, but this most recent triumph might be a change from the norm. While this new Republican majority in the House will likely prove to be just as […]

Hope for U.S.-South Korea FTA

By Lauren Dansey, BASC Research Assistant The new Republican Congress is predicted to take greater steps towards developing U.S. free trade deals. But will the new Congress be able to resolve the current issues blocking the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA)? Reuters suggests the key to overcoming the barriers to the agreement maybe found […]

For “Our” China Trade Emergency…

By Do-Hee Jeong, BASC Research Assistant Many politicians made the China debate a central component of their campaign platforms for the recent midterm elections, and Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown was no exception to this trend. Brown and others assert that since normalizing trade relations with China in 2000, the US bilateral trade deficit has […]

China: The Root of all Evil?

By Cindy Li, BASC Research Assistant With nearly one out of every ten Americans jobless, election campaigns have been buzzing with mentions of record-high unemployment and the “failed” stimulus plan. But of course, merely quoting the unemployment rate is no longer enough to incite anger and frustration from voters. The American people want answers. It […]

Chinese Government and Anti-Japan Protests

By Michelle Mengsu Chang, BASC Research Assistant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQY5ZCq9UM?fs=1 As the diplomatic crisis between China and Japan over disputed territories in the East China Sea drags on, thousands have mobilized in both countries to protest what each side calls the violation of their country’s sovereignty by the other […]

Let’s Go, G20

By Do-Hee Jeong, BASC Research Assistant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSNbAA6FAr4 Twenty celebrity singers in South Korea recently released a collaborative G20 campaign song, “Let’s Go,” to mobilize young Korean citizens for the upcoming G20 Seoul Summit as part of a larger campaign to promote the G20 not only in Korea, but internationally as well. The active campaigns, reminiscent […]

Reframing Trade: Obama, Democrats, and Trade Liberalization

By Kathy Bowen, BASC Research Assistant With all but a cadre of Obama loyalists predicting a thumping for the Democrats this November, does the Administration have much, if anything, to look forward to after the midterm elections? The good news for liberals – of the Ricardian variety – is that a GOP majority in Congress […]

China’s Clean Energy & Climate Change Dilemma

Ren Yi Hooi, BASC Research Assistant For years, China has been heavily criticized for its massive energy consumption and colossal volume of carbon emissions, the inputs and outputs of its rapid growth. Recently, however, China has made impressive strides in green energy development and pollution reduction […]

Cyber Security: A New Frontier for the U.S.-Japan Alliance?

Kristi Govella, BASC Project Director Last week, American and Japanese officials announced that they will join forces to combine Internet-based attacks that disrupt the operations of firms and governments. The agreement came in a meeting between communications minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi and Julius Genachowski, chairman of […]

U.S.-China Naval Rivalry Over Oil?

By Do-Hee Jeong, BASC Research Assistant Not even a decade ago, China was totally absent from competition over oil, but today this emerging global power’s efforts to obtain long fought-after resources is a commonplace topic making headlines everyday. Propelled by its rapid economic development and rising competitiveness, China has become a central player in the […]

Leaving China: How Smart is Google?

By Michelle Mengsu Chang, BASC Research Assistant One month ago, on March 22nd, Google decided to step out of China and end four years of censoring the web for the Chinese government. Thus exited the world’s most powerful Internet company from the world’s most populous country. While only maintaining some R&D; and advertising activities in […]

Letting China See the Light

Robert Nelson, BASC Research Assistant This has been a week for deft diplomacy. Though the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty has been grabbing all the headlines in foreign policy circles, it is Treasury Secretary Geithner’s skillful handling of the Chinese currency crisis that deserves praise. It seems all but certain that China will revalue its […]