Protecting Infrastructure Against Climate Disasters, Takeaways from the ASEAN Summit, and More

November 7, 2019

“Following the same decades-old infrastructure playbook is no longer going to cut it.” Joseph Kane and Adie Tomer discuss how proactive and targeted infrastructure investments can mitigate risk, promote adaptation to climate change, and lead to cost savings for communities.

“While the U.S. is talking about bilateral trade deals, the rest of the region is moving on with multilateral arrangements.” In the latest episode of the Current podcast, Jonathan Stromseth discusses the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, emphasizing China’s economic influence and how the Trump administration’s rhetoric is being perceived in the region.

Just three months after celebrating its signing of the AfCFTA, Nigeria closed its borders to prevent the movement of all goods. Colette van der Ven and Landry Signé explain why this development is an early warning sign for the agreement and call for Africa’s leaders to resolve trade conflicts through dialogue, rather than unilateral trade restrictions.

Signé also discusses ways of improving economic opportunity for the African continent in his interview for And Now the Hard Part, a collaboration between Brookings and Foreign Policy magazine.

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