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Posts by Erik Olson

Erik Olson

Commentary

SOEs Barred From U.S. Freight Car Market

The freight railcar market is more secure thanks to a new rule issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a provision in the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act (IIJA). This…
Commentary

EC Investigation Follows U.S. Attention to Chinese SOE Threat

The European Commission’s (EC) first-ever in-depth investigation under its new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) has been heard worldwide. Predictably, this high-profile, anticompetitive case was directed at China. CRRC (China Railway Rolling…
Commentary

An Appeal to Keep Tariffs on Rail Products

When global rail manufacturer CRRC (China Railway Rolling Stock Corp.) entered the U.S. passenger rail market nearly ten years ago, winning a $560 million contract to manufacture new railcars for…
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