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Tariffs and the Trade Balance: How Trump Validated His Critics

Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca | Council on Foreign Relations | 04/21/2021

Before Donald Trump became president in 2017, Americans paid tariffs on just two percent of their imported goods. The average tariff rate was 1.7 percent. In 2018, however, Trump launched…

Inclusive growth: The digital transformation of East Asian trade

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley | Hinrich Foundation | 04/20/2021

East Asian economies are famous ...

Can Trade Work for Workers?

George H. Hanson | Foreign Affairs | 04/20/2021

For decades, the promise of globalization has rested on a vision of a world in which g...

The Price of Nostalgia

Adam S. Posen | Foreign Affairs | 04/20/2021

A new consensus has emerged in American politics: that the United States has recklessly pursue...

Biden Team Pulls Proposed GPA Modification to Remove Medicines

Jean Heilman Grier | DJAGHE LLC | 04/20/2021

The Biden trade team has reversed an order issued by f...

Harley-Davidson Smashed With 56% EU Tariff, Will Appeal

Michael Taylor | Forbes | 04/19/2021

American motorcycle manufacturer Harley HOG -1.2%-Davidson will launc...

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