Yanmei Xie analyzes the implications of rising geopolitical and geoeconomic risks on trade, investments and supply chains. She has tracked China's political economy, elite politics, foreign policy and its technological, industrial and trade competition with other industrialized economies. She has also analyzed US politics and policy, and the reemergence of industrial policy in developed economies. Her analysis is often based on on-the-ground engagement with policymakers and corporate executives.

Yanmei was previously a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, where she analyzed geopolitical flashpoints in the Asia Pacific and China’s influence in Africa. She has worked as a journalist in Washington, covering US national politics and policy. Yanmei’s essays have been published in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Foreign Policy. She was educated at the Chinese Foreign Affairs University, and has a master’s degree in mass communications from Miami University and a master’s in finance from George Washington University.