Economic Development
ORF America
The U.S.-Canada Tariff War: How a 1930 Statute ...

By Marta Bengoa

Tariffs can be withdrawn by proclamation as quickly as they were imposed, and the September 8 measures may well be traded away in the review that begins next summer. The conclusion Canada has reached about the reliability of its largest customer will take considerably longer to reverse.

The U.S.-Canada Tariff War: How a 1930 Statute Bypasses a Free Trade Agreement
Energy & Climate, Technology Policy
ORF America
How Quantum Computing Could Reshape the Energy ...

By Shailesh Mishra and Uma Vatsa

What quantum computing could change, if it works, is the ceiling on what the decades after that can build, because the limits on ammonia, energy storage, and electricity transmission are set by chemistry we cannot currently calculate. Those limits are already known. Describing them precisely enough to hand to a machine is work that can start now.

How Quantum Computing Could Reshape the Energy Industry
Technology Policy
ORF America
The Purpose and Promise of Pax Silica

By Jeffrey D. Bean

While the Pax Silica initiative has been criticized for being non-binding, unfocused, U.S.-centric, and inconsistent in its membership, it is nonetheless the best-placed plurilateral initiative to advance what has been a bipartisan consensus in the United States on U.S. technological leadership.

The Purpose and Promise of Pax Silica
Energy & Climate
ORF America
How the African Union is Navigating the United ...

By Raul Alfaro-Pelico

When the African Union took its permanent member seat at the G20 in 2023, it was read across the continent as a long-overdue correction. Three years on, the question is narrower and harder. What does the seat actually buy?

How the African Union is Navigating the United States’ G20 Presidency
Energy & Climate
ORF America
How Green Iron Could Reshape Energy Security ...

By Caroline Arkalji and Piyush Verma

Green iron could become an important energy security and industrial competitiveness issue. Reducing dependence on imported coal, building domestic clean industrial capacity, and preparing for future export markets could all strengthen India’s long-term position.

How Green Iron Could Reshape Energy Security and Industrial Corridors

Economic Development

What Links the U.S. Elections and Bangladesh Turmoil? Jobs.

What Links the U.S. Elections and Bangladesh Turmoil? Jobs.

By Anit Mukherjee

The lack of jobs and job creation has not only sparked the recent student protests in Bangladesh but also has raised concern among voters in the United States as the 2024 presidential election nears. How can both the United States and Bangladesh tackle the shortcomings of their national job markets for incoming youth?

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