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Clean Investment Monitor: US Q1 2026 Update
In the first quarter of 2026, clean energy and transportation investment in the United States totaled $61 billion, a 3% decline from Q4 2025 and a 9% decline from Q1 2025.
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Worlds Apart: Contrasting US-China Approaches to Scaling Clean Technology Manufacturing
Global clean tech manufacturing investment has moderated after a decade of extraordinary growth. China and the US were the primary drivers of that rise and the subsequent pullback—though the nature of each country's decline differs significantly.
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Building a Geothermal Powerhouse Region in the South-Central and Southwest United States
Targeted, well-designed, ambitious policies enacted by states can leverage the immense changes and investment opportunities on the horizon to drive deployment of geothermal on the grid.
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Forging a Global Clean Steel Economy: Leveraging Trade to Reduce the Green Premium
In steel production, fossil fuels are consumed primarily in the initial ironmaking step. We examine the major cost drivers of clean iron production and assess which countries are best positioned to produce it at low cost.
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The EU Eyes Tougher Trade Measures Against China
There has been a flurry of reports in recent weeks about the EU considering tougher trade measures against China. We thought it would be helpful to update you on what we know about this discussion, ahead of an “orientation debate” among EU commissioners…
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Chinese Investment in Europe Rises to Seven-Year High: Chinese FDI in Europe 2025 Update
Building on a long-standing collaboration between Rhodium Group and MERICS, this report summarizes China’s investment footprint in the EU-27 and the UK in 2025, analyzing policy developments and the shifting patterns in China’s FDI.
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Critical Mineral Chokepoints Extend Far Beyond Mining and Refining
China dominates manufacturing of intermediate goods that use critical materials as inputs, creating an additional layer of chokepoints, which Beijing is targeting in its most recent export controls—including outside of China.
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China’s Next-Generation Industrial Policy
China’s industrial strategy now touches almost every major sector in the economy and their underlying supply chains. These state interventions are accelerating China’s trade dominance and expanding foreign dependence on Chinese supply chains.
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