As the Trump administration forges ahead with its “America First” tariff policies, advanced economies, China, and countries in the Global South are each responding in their own ways, while claiming to ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In his 1948 memoirs, Cordell Hull wrote that during his 12 years as US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s secretary of state he was guided by ...

Debates over world trade often conflate two distinct issues. The first is how to expand the efficiencies that occur when international trade is broadly balanced and countries are able to benefit from ...

After decades of shouting into the void that free trade is good, those of us in the "eliminate tariffs, embrace comparative advantage, and let me buy my haggis-flavored chips online without an import ...

As the United States retreats from free trade leadership, regional and plurilateral groupings are moving to sustain multilateralism. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific ...

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Globalization’s first age some 200 years ago sheds light on today’s turn toward economic nationalism The “first age” of globalization was beset by contradictions. In the 60 years or so before World ...

China signs upgraded free trade deal with ASEAN Bloc is China's biggest trading partner Beijing stresses importance of avoiding 'protectionism' KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Reuters) - China and the ASEAN ...