Transpacifica is a place where I explore the interactions between East Asia and the Americas. I'm a graduate student in East Asian regional studies at Harvard University. Frequent themes are history in politics, Internet society, the environment, contemporary art, and international politics. Unavoidably, I sometimes veer off topic—even with a topic as large as the Pacific. —Graham [more]
By Chad Bown
The Obama administration’s first real test on trade policy has arrived. The US must decide whether to impose new import restrictions on Chinese tyres under what is known as its “China safeguard” law.