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Walking Out: America's New Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond

October 24, 2024

From tariff wars to torn-up trade agreements, America's recent and dramatic turn away from support for freer, rules-based trade to instead go its own new way has raised questions about America’s trade policy. Join Michael Beeman, formerly Assistant US Trade Representative for Japan, Korea, and APEC for a discussion of his new book focusing on America's trade engagements in the Asia-Pacific. He contrasts the trade policy choices made by America's leaders over several generations with those of today–decisions that are now undermining the trading system America created and triggering new tensions between America and its trading partners, allies and adversaries alike.

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Michael Beeman

Lecturer and a Visiting Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

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Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

The Center for Korean History and Public Policy was established in 2015 with the generous support of the Hyundai Motor Company and the Korea Foundation to provide a coherent, long-term platform for improving historical understanding of Korea and informing the public policy debate on the Korean peninsula in the United States and beyond.  Read more

Indo-Pacific Program

The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region.   Read more