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U.S.-China Phase 1 Trade Agreement — Data through December 2020; China has increased purchases of agricultural and energy products above 2017 levels but did not reach first year agreed purchases in 2020 and won’t reach the agreed level even if measured from March 2020-February 2021

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 02/06/2021

U.S. December export data were released earlier this week. While there are some improvements in some categories of merchandise exports in December (particularly in major agricultural categories, liquefied natural gas…

Trump’s Trade Failure Can Be Biden’s Win On China And WTO

Christine McDaniel | Forbes | 02/01/2021

By former President Trump’s own metric, his trade war with ...

From doom and gloom to fast and furious

Marcus Williams | Automotive Logistics | 01/29/2021

Ocean-going container vessels have been anchored off the west coast ...

How Trump’s Tariffs Really Affected the U.S. Job Market

Michael Pettis | Carnegie Endowment | 01/28/2021

A recent study on U.S.-China trade concludes that Trum...

Being Wrong about China Then Matters Less Than Being Right about China Now

Daniel J. Ikenson | Cato Institute | 01/27/2021

Ever since the George H.W. Bush admini...

Working With the Biden Administration: Opportunities for the EU

Rosa Balfour | Carnegie Europe | 01/26/2021

With U.S. President Joe Biden in office, the EU and th...

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