Thursday - July 16, 2026
CSIS Issues Commentary: Rewriting the Rules of Modern Trade
July 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 15, 2026, by William Alan Reinsch:

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The Trade Transparency Challenge

Credit for this week's column idea goes to loyal reader Chad Henry, who told me about the innovations in trade recordkeeping that I will be mentioning. Back in antediluvian days, trade recordkeeping was not complicated. Items arrived by ship at ports of entry or at la . . .

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