Steve Clemons

Editor-at-Large at The National Interest and founding editor of Semafor; a journalist and policy commentator with prior senior editorial roles at The Hill, The Atlantic, National Journal, and Quartz.

Tariff Access Is Becoming a Supply-Chain Security Test

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer argues that U.S. trade policy should use tariffs, market access and security conditions to redirect production toward the United States and North America while limiting exposure to China-linked supply chains. He describes a durable hierarchy of access—not a return to pre-tariff trade—in which companies can plan around known rates but must meet stricter origin, investment and export-control rules. China, in his account, is a commercial relationship to be bounded rather than reformed through negotiation.

The Aspen InstituteJul 16, 202613 min read