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Trump’s Assault on the Global Trading System

Chad P. Bown And Douglas A. Irwin | Peterson Institute for International Economics and Dartmouth College | 08/19/2019

And Why Decoupling From China Will Change Everything Donald Trump has been true to his word. After excoriating free trade while campaigning for the U.S. presidency, he has made economic…

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...

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...

Understanding Trump’s National Security Tariffs: Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962

Women in International Trade | GW Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) | District Export Council (DEC) of Virginia and DC | 06/03/2019

The Old-School Answer to Global Trade

Beth Baltzan | Washington Monthly | 06/01/2019

Heading into 2020, liberals are at a crossroads on trade. Most abhor Donald ...

Blunt Force Tariffs Backfire on Business and Farmers

Stephen Olson | Hinrich Foundation | 05/08/2019

Last year saw a dramatic uptick in actual or contemplated tar...

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