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Economic Forces, Not Tariffs, Drive Changes in Trade Balances

Johannes Eugster, Florence Jaumotte, Margaux MacDonald, Roberto Piazza | IMF Blogs | 04/03/2019

New IMF research finds that macroeconomic factors, not tariffs, explain most of the changes in trade balances between two countries. Bilateral trade balances (the difference in the value of exports…

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...

Why Brexit Will Damage Europe

Sigmar Gabriel | Project Syndicate | 03/27/2019

January 30, 2019 | The European Union will not shatter in the wake of Brexit, and it...

Trade And Conversation: A Book Review Of The Monk Of Mokha

Lauren Kyger | Trade Vistas | 03/22/2019

As the espresso machine hummed in the background and the smell...

China’s Foreign Investment Law and U.S. – China Trade Friction

Shannon Tiezzi | The Diplomat | 03/19/2019

On March 15, China’s National People’s Congress ...

Quiet, But Important, Progress in Transatlantic Trade

Barbara C. Matthews | Atlantic Council | 03/18/2019

Amid the chaos over Brexit, few have noticed the quiet, ...

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