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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Trade
Trade
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A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carries an 84mm Carl Gustav rocket launcher during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, a joint-exercise with US Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton on February 9, 2014. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) applauds during an agreement signing ceremony in Shanghai on May 21, 2014, with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (C) and Chinese state energy giant CNPC Chairman Zhou Jiping (R). (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center, June 25, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) greets Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, April 11, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Parker Song-Pool/Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (4th, L) meets with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (4th, R) at the Great Hall of the People on April 11, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Parker Song-Pool/Getty Images)
Experts
Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
David Feith
Senior Fellow
