AEI This Week
Jul 06, 2019
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
Taking stock of Trump’s Iran policy
 
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The economic pressure the administration boasts about is doing tremendous harm to Iran’s economy. However, it is still far from accomplishing Trump’s goals, writes Kenneth Pollack.
 
 
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As they confront China, Americans and Europeans need each other
 
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The transatlantic partnership has never been perfect, and there have always been differences of opinion. However, that does not mean that Europeans and Americans do not need each other, explains Dalibor Rohac. They do, and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic would be well-advised to behave accordingly.
 
 
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Biologics are not natural monopolies
 
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While biosimilars in the United States are still relatively new, there is neither sound theory nor reliable evidence to support the view that this market will not work in the US, write Alex Brill and Benedic Ippolito.
 
 
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Breaking up Facebook would make things worse
 
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Facebook’s users, and the company itself, might benefit from more regulation, done right. But Michael Strain writes that breaking up Facebook would not solve the problems of privacy, bias, and web addiction cited as reasons for antitrust action.
 
 
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Wet US-China firecracker at G20
 
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American policy toward China did not regress at Osaka, writes Derek Scissors. But it remained stuck with a president who seems to only care about exports and critics whose alternatives rely on either clichés or pleas to cooperate more with a predatory trade partner run by a cult-of-personality dictator.
 
 
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AEI Spotlight
 
 
A message from AEI President Robert Doar
 
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AEI scholars are animated by the principles of the American founding. Their goal is to foster the traditional role of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Read a message from Robert Doar, the new president of the American Enterprise Institute.
 
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