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Tariffs and Politics: Evidence from Trump’s Trade Wars

Thiemo Fetzer and Carlo Schwarz | VoxEU | 04/23/2019

Tariff retaliation is widely believed to be politically motivated. This column presents evidence that retaliation against the Trump administration’s tariff hikes seems to be systematically targeted against the Republican voter base. China appears to…

Trade wars and global value chains: Shooting oneself in the foot

Cecilia Bellora and Lionel Fontagné | VoxEU | 04/22/2019

Since 2018, the US administration has i...

Chinese Policy
Global Value Chains
Supply Chains
Tariffs
U.S. Policy

Estimated Impact of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on the US Automobile Sector

Office of the United States Trade Representative | 04/18/2019

Manufacturing
Multinational Corporations
Tariffs
Trade Agreements
Trade Remedies
U.S. Policy
USMCA

The Production Relocation and Price Effects of U.S. Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines

Aaron Flaaen, Ali Hortaçsu, Felix Tintelnot | Becker Friedman Institute | 04/18/2019

Tariffs
Trade Remedies
U.S. Policy

China’s Belt and Road: The new geopolitics of global infrastructure development

Amar Bhattacharya, David Dollar, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, Homi Kharas, Mireya Solís, and Jonathan Stromseth | Brookings Institution | 04/18/2019

Belt and Road Initiative
Chinese Policy
Economic Growth
Infrastructure
Investment
Trade Infrastructure

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement: Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors

United States International Trade Commission | 04/18/2019

Digital Trade
Economic Growth
Non-Tariff Barriers
Trade Agreements
Trade Law
Trade Policy

Rebuilding a Bipartisan Consensus on Trade Policy

Phil Levy | The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | 04/17/2019

By the summer of 2018, the United States was ramp...

Democracy
Environmental Policy
Intellectual Property
Manufacturing
Non-Tariff Barriers
Tariffs

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