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Quantifying the impact on Nigeria of the African Continental Free Trade Area

Yewande Olapade and Chukwuka Onyekwena | The Brookings Institution | 09/22/2021

While there is a general optimism around the promise of the newly in-force African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), like any other free trade agreement (FTA), it will inevitably create…

What Vaccine Supply Tells Us About International Trade

Paul Krugman | The New York Times | 08/10/2021

For many of us, Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute for Int...

Free Trade Is Dead. Risky ‘Managed Trade’ Is Here.

Edward Alden | Foreign Policy | 07/20/2021

For three quarters of a century, the growth of world trade—which...

Crony globalization: How political cronies captured trade liberalization in Morocco

Adeel Malik, Christian Ruckteschler, and Ferdinand Eibl | Brookings Institution | 07/16/2021

Donald Boudreaux and Douglas Irwin on Free-Trade Tips From 1846

Donald J. Boudreaux, Douglas A. Irwin | The Economist | 06/25/2021

In the novel “The Mayor of Cas...

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