In this policy talk, Professor Jonas Nahm will discuss the return of industrial policy in the US and the implications for US-China relations and globalization. The event will also be an opportunity for Professor Nahm to share his recent experience from the White House, where he served from July 2023 – 2024 as a Senior Economist for Industrial Strategy on the Council of Economic Advisers.
Jonas Nahm is Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. From July 2023 until July 2024, he was on leave from SAIS to serve as a Senior Economist for Industrial Strategy on the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House. His research interests lie in comparative political economy, at the intersection of climate policy, environmental politics, and economic and industrial policy. His research agenda focuses on green industrial policy and the drivers of the division of labour in the global economy, sources of state capacity to overcome external opposition to clean energy transitions and climate policy, and the political economy of green growth.
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