Plus, a new Foresight Africa podcast episode and the latest report from the 17 Rooms project.
| What’s next for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement With the new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration taking effect earlier this week, economic relations between the United States, Canada, and Mexico have become particularly strained. As these countries prepare for the 2026 review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), our new USMCA Forward 2025 report provides recommendations on where USMCA reform is needed and highlights three key areas for the United States: securing a supply of critical minerals, building competitive electric vehicles and batteries, and leading globally in artificial intelligence. For key takeaways, read the introduction or watch yesterday’s launch event for the USMCA Forward 2025 report. |
Foresight Africa Listen to the latest episode from the new season of the Foresight Africa podcast, featuring 2024 Nobel Laureate in economics James Robinson on why African societies are ready for rapid economic development. Follow on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube |
| More on global development Driving better SDG outcomes by 2030. From a globally coordinated finance mechanism to help feed school children to an impact hub for transforming maternal health outcomes, John McArthur and coauthors highlight some of the big ideas to come out of the 17 Rooms project in 2024 that could make a difference in driving better Sustainable Development Goal outcomes by 2030. |
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