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What to Expect—and Ways to Respond—as the Trump Administration Assumes Power
Photo: Tim Brown, IIP Photo Archive/CC-BY-NC 2.0, FlickrOn Friday, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. We are entering a time of significant uncertainty; it will be many...
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Will Electric Cars Thrive, Survive, or Die Under President Trump?
President Trump just dropped his “America First” energy plan and, not surprisingly, it doesn’t include renewable energy or electric vehicles. It does, however, mention the importance of protecting...
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President Trump and the New China Challenge
Photo: Global Panorama/CC BY-SA (Flickr)Some said it would come by sea. Others worried it would come from outer space. But the most serious Chinese challenge to US leadership is happening on what used...
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The Fate of the Clean Power Plan under President Trump
Shortly, we are likely to see and hear much more about what jurists, Congress, and the new Administration think about the Clean Power Plan, the cornerstone of our nation’s efforts to reduce carbon...
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3 Reasons Why You Should Care About Vehicle Efficiency and Emissions Standards
Merely typing “vehicle efficiency and emissions standards,” feels like I’m prompting you to click off in search of the latest cat meme or 8,000th story on President Trump. But the next battle in the...
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Hurricane Season’s Impact at the Pump and Why Fuel Efficiency Matters
Gas prices are spiking. This week EIA reported an increase in the average price of gasoline of 28 cents per gallon – with some states seeing more than 40 cent increases. That’s the largest nationwide...
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Diana Furchtgott-Roth Is a Terrible Choice for the DOT Office of the...
U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters The line of political nominees for high-level positions in the federal agencies continues to slowly march through Congress. One of several nominees up for...
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Energy Storage Means Energy Security—but Trump’s Budget Gives It the Axe
On Thursday, Rick Perry—the Department of Energy Secretary—is scheduled to testify on the President’s fiscal year 2019 budget request in front of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee....
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New Evidence Shows Just How Bad the Trump Administration is at Governing
Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr President Trump likes to brag about how many regulations his administration is removing. The President’s “2 for 1” order requires federal agencies to revoke two regulations...
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Court Says Agency Can’t Indefinitely Delay Implementation of Obama-era Rules
Photo: Allen and Allen (allenandallen.com)/FlickrHere is a beacon of good news to temporarily brighten your dark and stormy social media feeds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit struck...
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Happy Birthday America: The Census is Intact, for Now
Photo: spurekar/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr)With news that the Trump administration has abandoned its attempt to place a citizenship question on the 2020 Decennial Census, the people of the United States...
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The Trump Administration’s Ban on International Students Hurts Us All
Visa/US Department of StateHeartbroken. Angry. Enraged. These are a few of the things I am feeling after reading about the Trump Administration’s new policy for international students trying to obtain...
View ArticleWhat to Expect—and Ways to Respond—as the Trump Administration Assumes Power
On Friday, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. We are entering a time of significant uncertainty; it will be many weeks before the administration is fully staffed with...
View ArticleWill Electric Cars Thrive, Survive, or Die Under President Trump?
President Trump just dropped his “America First” energy plan and, not surprisingly, it doesn’t include renewable energy or electric vehicles. It does, however, mention the importance of protecting...
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The Trump Administration’s Opening Move to Disrupt US-China Relations
President-elect Donald Trump has a reputation for being disruptive. But it was still surprising that he chose to break with convention and speak directly to Tsai Ing-wen, the President of the Republic...
View ArticleOrigins and Implications of the Taiwan Call
Over the past few election cycles Congress passed a series of laws that enabled presidential candidates to begin preparing for transition immediately after obtaining their party’s nomination. This...
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Trump’s Asia Advisors Want to Scrap the “Three Communiques” with China
My last post in this series ended with a video of President George W. Bush reiterating the U.S. commitment to a set of bilateral agreements known as “the three communiques.” Yesterday, two Asia experts...
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Trump’s New China Policy: The Flynn Factor
In a recent interview, President-elect Trump confirmed what UCS anticipated in the first post of its China Transition Watch; that the Nixon-Kissinger era in US – China relations, established on the...
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Peter Navarro: Trump’s “China Policy Czar” ?
President-elect Trump named Peter Navarro to head the as-yet-uncreated White House National Trade Council. What does this portend? Michael Wessel, a long-serving member of the US-China Economic and...
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US Talks to China about North Korea, But Does Not Listen
The United States and China both want North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. The North Korean leadership continues to defy them both. The United States says it is willing to risk a war to...
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