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The Centre for Strategic Thinking (CST) is a research and advisory think tank, focusing on promoting knowledge learning and sharing, forging mutual understanding and cooperation, and contributing to problem-solving, through conducting research, analyses, exchanges, and advisory, on a range of topics related to global governance, China-U.S. relations, China’s relations with other major powers and entities from various dimensions, foreign and security policy, development, and international economic and trade issues etc.  more >>
  • How the U.S. Tariff Measures Have Led to An Inflation Problem?

    During Trump’s first term, the development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations had already ... more >>

  • Protectionism Would Compromise Europe’s Competitive Edge
    After having spent about a year on investigating into whether or not the Chinese electric vehicles received subsidies from the government, a tariff measure with adding up to 35.3% tariffs based on the original 10% rate imposed by the European Union on China-made electric vehicles came into effect on 30 October 2024. The EU members were widely disagreed on the adoption of this tariff measure, as a senior EU official spoke anonymously, “we disagreed on each and every fact that we established in the investigation”, and “it was a broad disagreement.”

    European countries having closer business contacts with China like Germany and Hungary etc. were particularly opposed using tariffs against China-made electric vehicles. The European Commission finally exercised its power to push the tariff measure into effect, against the scenario that the EU member countries were unable to secure a majority either in favour or against the measure.

    The adoption of the tariff measure was claimed to help protect the European carmakers and the workers working in the automotive industry, though some viewe... more >>
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