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The Tariff Tug-of-War: A Look at Protectionism and Free Trade Over Time

Lucas Benjamin | The Science Survey | 04/29/2025

The longstanding battle between protectionism and free trade—and what it means for today’s economy. Every empire has used them. Every revolution has resisted them. Tariffs are the quiet trigger behind…

The Trials And Tribulations Of Trade

Carl Tannenbaum | Northern Trust | 04/25/2025

The loss of manufacturing in the United States is a long-running tale. As a chi...

We Never Had Free Trade

Robert Kuttner | The American Prospect | 04/08/2025

The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main cul...

Feminism’s Forgotten Free-Trade Past

Marc-William Palen | University of Exeter's Centre for Imperial and Global History | 10/23/2024

A fragmenting world of trad...

Biden’s Latest Climate Minefield: EV Mineral Deals

Brian Dabbs | E&E News | 05/09/2023

A Biden administration plan to use mineral trade agreements to boost elec...

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