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Trade in Trouble: How the Asia Pacific Can Step Up and Lead Reforms

Wendy Cutler, Peter Grey, Kim Jong-Hoon, Mari Pangestu, Yoichi Suzuki, and Tu Xinquan | Asia Society Policy Institute | 05/30/2019

Excerpt:  This issue paper also offers recommendations to policymakers across the region on how they can continue to benefit from the economic gains and high-paying jobs created by trade. Key…

Real trade war: Trump fixates on tariffs while China pursues global digital domination

Orit Frenkel | USA Today | 05/13/2019

President Donald Trump’s tariffs-by-t...

A Defense of the Beleaguered WTO Appellate Body

Steve Charnovitz | International Economic Law and Policy Blog | 05/09/2019

In November 2017, I authored a paper wa...

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...

Trade System Dysfunction Reflects Collective Failure

Stephen Olson | Hinrich Foundation | 04/02/2019

China has exercised its sovereign right to chart its own econ...

Trump’s plan to bypass Congress on trade with Japan

Bruce Hirsh | Politico | 04/02/2019

Excerpt: …What if the Trump administration has in mind a staged approach...

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