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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Global Economy
Global Economy
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to give a statement to the media following the victory by U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump in U.S. presidential elections on November 9, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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A United States mail carrier loads his truck August 23, 2001 in Modesto, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office at the White House February 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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A tram passes the giant Euro symbol outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) on January 8, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)
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(L to R) President-elect Donald Trump and Jack Ma, Chairman of Alibaba Group, at Trump Tower, January 9, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
