Jonas Goldman is a policy analyst with experience in public service, academia, and electoral politics in the United States and Canada. He has served as a researcher on climate industrial policy for the Smart Prosperity Institute, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and is a senior research associate at the Johns Hopkins Net-Zero Industrial Policy Lab.
To limit the damage from an escalating trade dispute, the United States and China should negotiate a clean tech détente to balance support for domestic industries given the reality of the countries’ economic interdependence.
With strategic use of its development finance tools, the United States can promote clean energy manufacturing outside of China and help partner countries in the Global South become more than sources of raw materials.
