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Tariffs Will Destroy the Best Cure for the Trade Deficit

Shannon K. O'Neil | Council on Foreign Relations | 03/31/2025

Trump’s upcoming tariff barrage is supposed to reduce trade deficits by cutting out imports. Forgotten amid all the administration’s threats and justifications is the other side of the trade equation….

“It’s You, Not Me”: China’s Subsidies and Global Trade Tensions

Nikki Trewin, Daiki Sato & Adrian Lu | Australian Institute of International Affairs | 10/21/2024

Trade Policies of Both Parties Ignore What Most Americans Say They Want

James Bacchus | Cato Institute | 09/04/2024

One of the few issues our two major political ...

Global Trade Slows as Economies Adjust to Life After Stimulus

John W. Miller | Trade Data Monitor | 05/17/2022

The global economy avoided a meltdown 2020-2022 du...

A Hobbled Recovery Along Entrenched Fault Lines

Gita Gopinath | International Monetary Fund | 10/12/2021

The global recovery continues but momentum has weakened, ...

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