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At the @WEF this year, business and government leaders signaled that they want to work with the US and its new president. Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center’s Josh Lipsky and Ananya Kumar explain why the divide is shrinking between World Economic Forum and DC: “There is no alternative.” atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

i actually understand how trade wars work because unlike many of you i paid attention to star wars episode I: the phantom menace (1999, dir. George Lucas)

Deputy Director Ananya Kumar is in Japan 🇯🇵 to moderate a discussion on what the next decade holds for capital markets at the GFTN Forum, Japan! Tune in here ⤵️ gftnforum.jp/programme/agnd…

📢 TUNE IN NOW | Senior Fellow Carole House testifies at the Financial Services GOP on navigating the digital payments ecosystem💰 Watch her live remarks on stablecoins, CBDCs, and the future of the dollar ⤵️ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🇭🇰Last week, Senior Director Josh Lipsky and Deputy Director Ananya Kumar travelled to Hong Kong to bring you the latest on cross-border payments, CBDCs, China’s economy, and more. Stay tuned and find out what they learned!

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📣 Deputy Director Ananya Kumar is joining CIGI's Think7 Summit to discuss key issues shaping the digitalization of the global economy and how to harness its benefits. Don't miss out and sign-up to attend virtually here⤵️ think7.org/events/

Fascinating that this is all worth basically nothing to bonds. The S&P is up 8% and you can't even pinpoint the announcement of the delay on the 10yr yield.

A big thanks to Faryar Shirzad 🛡️ and Carole for their insights!

Amidst debates on stablecoin legislation, the new markets structure draft + Bessent's comments on CBDC and digital assets - revisiting this piece from Jan about the admin's crypto related priorities: Some progress, but devil's in the details and TBD. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econogra…

Great piece from Megan Leonhardt on how taxing remittances as proposed in the budget bill will hurt households at home and abroad. barrons.com/articles/tax-i…

As Pres. Trump comments on going back to the G8, a look into the friends to rivals (to friends?) timeline of the G7, and the gap between the G7 and BRICS share of global GDP: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

The GENIUS Act just passed the U.S. Senate Updates! As it moves to the House, how does the Senate’s bill compare to the House’s STABLE Act? We’ve laid out the key similarities and differences in this table ⤵️ See more in our Cryptocurrency Regulation Tracker: atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geoec…

Several expected outcomes from this year’s G7 summit in Canada didn’t materialize. The Atlantic Council’s Rachel Rizzo, John Herbst, Ananya Kumar, Valeria Villarreal, and Torrey Taussig unpack four key things that didn’t happen—and why they matter: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

💡Maxine Waters cites key takeaways from our Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) tracker on the House debate floor. Watch the full clip below ⤵️

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