You have an invitation from Kaohsiung.ᐟ Please reply... yes or YES💙 This is for ONCE in Kaohsiung.ᐟ Seven landmarks are lit up with blue lights, welcoming TWICE to Taiwan for the first time. Bring your CANDYBONG, fly into the blue, blue sky and collect blue attractions.

The seeds of the American Revolution were sown right here in Fairfax, where our founders said no to a king. Today, thousands of Fairfax families stood with millions of Americans nationwide to keep that spirit alive: No Kings. No crowns. No authoritarianism.

for the costs associated with appeasing China? Please check the following link or visit the @globaltaiwan Global Taiwan Institute‘s website!

I am excited to announce that my work has been published in this special edition of the Global Taiwan Brief. Would you like to learn how we can estimate the cost of excluding Taiwan from the RCEP regional trade bloc? Additionally, could this assessment serve as a benchmark

Stanford University literally released free online courses. No payment Required. Here are best courses you don't want to miss in 2025:

I had the chance to attend the book launch event at the @AspenInstitute's Washington, D.C. headquarters today to speak with the author, Dr. @MikeGeruso, and Dr. Dean Spears, and to get a firsthand summary! I can't wait to read this book!

It’s a blessing that @bikhim is fine and safe. Thanks to the Czech Republic for its quick responses and increased safety protocol.

A permanent tariff reduces trade deficits if the Engel curves for aggregate imports and exports are convex, from Arnaud Costinot and @IvanWerning https://t.co/OhCidhpu2Q

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In honor of @POTUS' historic trade action, USTR is spotlighting another 10 unfair trade practices faced by American exporters. 1/10: Over 100,000 Chinese-made American flags are sold every month on just one e-commerce platform alone, resulting in $2 million in lost sales for

For those who still honor GE, the optimal macro import tariff is decreasing in the trade deficit:

Taiwan’s coastguard said it caught a Chinese-owned freighter in the act of cutting a subsea communications cable off its western coast https://t.co/85r7GMxDOy

NVIDIA v. AMD v. Intel Here's a look at the growth of each company's data center business over the last 4 years. $NVDA $AMD $INTC

TSMC was founded in 1987. But the Taiwan Relations Act became law in 1979, the Reagan Six Assurances were issued in 1982. The US maintained a deep relationship with the ROC for decades. The idea that the US interest in Taiwan starts and ends only with semiconductors is bananas.

For anyone confused about the basic mechanics of tariffs here are my intro to trade policy slides from back when I taught high school economics:

What a ride it's been, but page proofs are in! ✅ Made in China will be out in the world in March 2024!! Read more about the book here https://t.co/88Po6JeMZX And find it here on Indie book finder https://t.co/cwGN3P5Krr Also here, for those inclined https://t.co/XcNuTDPacT

10 Great Books on Trade and Globalisation (seems relevant) 1)The Globalisation Paradox- @rodrikdani Great work on the nuances of globalisation. Recognizing its wide benefits, but also how tradeoffs: national self-determination, democracy and economic hyper globalisation conflict.

I am glad to have a chance to join this fantastic presentation at @Georgetown University

Happy to see our WP w Shogo Sakabe and @deweinstein (so many years in the making!) out. We examine the role of codifying knowledge in the spread of the Industrial Revolution. A little thread. 1/N