Excited to see our database mentioned in @economist.com today alongside comments by Rebecca Arcesati and @mmaggiori.bsky.social

The China Sanctions Monitor, developed with @victoraferguson.bsky.social and Audrye Wong, tracks more than 200 cases of China’s economic sanctions from 2010 to today ...

The second US–China trade war in early 2025 was the first real test of China’s new economic weapons. At least 26 measures, formal and informal, targeted the US—tariffs, export controls, regulatory probes, and more—demonstrating an increasingly sophisticated approach to economic coercion /2

China’s sanctions strategy is evolving fast.

In a new study, we map 200+ PRC economic restrictions from 2010–2025—the first database to capture the full range of sanctions, from informal state-backed boycotts to formal measures like export controls. /w @victoraferguson.bsky.social, Audrye Wong /1

Had fun speaking with students at Taiwan National University about what makes research 'policy-relevant' -- it gave me a reason to revisit this article which I think holds up quite well www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Here’s an interesting interpretation of “economic security”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

New Chinese sanctions today on American defense industry in response to US arms sales to Taiwan.

Targeted US companies are mostly involved in drones, AI and defense technologies more generally.

www.mfa.gov.cn/wjb_673085/z...

Trump seems to think he can prevent BRICS from shifting away from the US dollar by threatening trade restrictions. Given that the reduction in the use of the dollar has been driven partly by the US’s own use of sanctions, well-documented in @danielmcdowell.bsky.social latest book, … /1

And don't forget to read @fraghi.bsky.social’s chapter on a related topic, "Not Just Subsidies: Taiwan shows that there are many ways to boost innovation and score economic gains"

I make the case that although economic security and free trade are often seen as conflicting, Taiwan’s modern history provides at least three examples where choosing free trade over restrictive economic measures has led to substantial geopolitical gains.

We presented our work on Sweden’s economic vulnerabilities at the Swedish 'China Forum', a new flagship event by the Swedish National China Centre, in discussion with parliamentarian Mathias Tegner, Counsellor Tina Sundström Karlberg, and Björn Fägersten.