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U.S.-China Phase 1 Agreement — What to Look for When the Agreement is Released on January 15, 2020 after the signing

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 01/06/2020

The U.S. Administration has indicated that the Phase One trade deal with China is “historic and enforceable”. President Trump tweeted on New Year’s Eve that the agreement would be signed…

US, China and the Myth of Global Decoupling

Stephen S. Roach | Project Syndicate | 01/03/2020

Talk of decoupling—a profound and lasting split in the world order—e...

Doomed to Repeat It: The Long History of America’s Protectionist Failures

Scott Lincicome | CATO Institute | 08/22/2019

The recent rise in American economic nat...

Trump’s Backfiring Trade Policy

Uri Dadush and Laurence Kotlikoff | Bruegel | 08/12/2019

Thirty months into President Trump’s radical trade policy, and as t...

President Trump fighting to fix a broken trade system at the G-20

Corey R. Lewandowski | The Hill | 06/26/2019

EXCERPT:  For American corporations, President Trum...

Opposing New Taxes And Supporting Trade Is NOT Unpatriotic

Bryan Riley | National Taxpayers Union | 06/14/2019

The Trump administration is considering whether to ...

Donald Trump’s Capricious Tariffs Open the Door to Corruption

Dean Baker | Center for Economic and Policy Research | 06/10/2019

Donald Trump has repeatedly proc...

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