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Estimated March imports hit five-year low, declines expected to continue amid pandemic

J. Craig Shearman | National Retail Federation | 04/07/2020

WASHINGTON – Estimates show that imports at major U.S. retail container ports dropped to their lowest level in five years in March, and imports are projected to remain significantly below…

A Quick and Dirty Lesson about the Trade Deficit

Daniel J. Ikenson | CATO Institute | 04/04/2020

The trade balance is calculated as the difference between the val...

More Investment Screening in the New COVID-19 World

Wendy Cutler, Vice President and Andrew Chatzky, Senior Program Officer, Asia Society Policy Institute | 04/02/2020

Dinosaur Extinction and the Coronavirus

Alan Wm. Wolff, Deputy Director General | World Trade Organization | 04/01/2020

This virtual talk produced for the members...

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