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Friend-Shoring: What Biden Wants to Achieve by Trading with Allies Rather than Rivals

Karen Jackson & Oleksandr Shepotylo | The Conversation | 03/20/2024

The tendency to move production and trade away from countries considered to be political rivals or national security risks and towards allies, so-called “friend-shoring”, is a hot topic among economists….

NAFTA: 30 Years of Driving Free Trade Critics Crazy

Colin Grabow | Cato Institute | 03/13/2024

NAFTA is best understood as a lightning rod for criticism of global...

All Agree AGOA Should be Renewed – but How?

Peter Fabricius | Institute for Security Studies (ISS) | 11/10/2023

The question is how to expand Africa’s economic ...

Trump’s Renegotiation of the NAFTA Free Trade Deal is Helping Workers—in Mexico

Paul Wiseman, Mark Stevenson, Tom Krisher and The Associated Press | Fortune | 06/29/2023

US Trade Agreements: Out with the Old and In with the New?

Sahra English | Atlantic Council | 04/18/2023

As the United States moves ahead with a new approach to ...

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