piie.com

Basic Website Overview

piie.com is the official website of the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), an independent, non-profit, non-partisan think tank for international economic policy research headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA. Founded in 1981, its core research areas cover international trade and investment, international finance, macroeconomic policy, globalization, as well as economic policy research of major economies including China, the US, the EU and Japan. Its historical research outputs have influenced a number of major international economic policies.

Core Services and Content

All public research outputs on the website are freely accessible to the global public. Users can get free access to policy briefs, research reports, blog analyses, data charts and other content, and the institute also makes research data publicly available to support academic replication. In addition to research content, the website publishes information on high-level policy seminars hosted by the think tank, offers a podcast program focused on the economics of climate change, provides services such as recruitment and institutional information disclosure, and maintains a basic inquiry channel for public questions.

Advantages, Disadvantages and Target Users

• Advantages: The institute’s academic rigor is recognized by industries globally. All public research content is available for free, it maintains high funding transparency, and its follow-up research on global economic and trade hotspots — especially China-US economic and trade issues — holds high reference value.
• Disadvantages: The website only offers content in English with no official Chinese language support, leading to higher learning costs. As a US-based think tank, some of its research conclusions carry position bias from a Western perspective, requiring users to evaluate them independently.

It is suitable for use by university faculty and students engaged in international economic research, policy analysts, finance practitioners, and professional users who follow global economic and trade developments.

Accessibility from China

The website is currently directly accessible via the public internet in China, no proxy tools are required, and all public research content can be browsed and accessed normally.