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Trade Under Blockade

Iain Murray, Kent Lassman & Ryan Young | Competitive Enterprise Institute | 05/27/2025

Introduction President Donald Trump threw the world trading system into disarray with his “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2, 2025. The principles behind the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade…

A Reverse Perspective on Trade and Tariffs

Elisabeth Dellinger | Fisher Investments | 05/15/2025

Trade surplus nations aren’t happier than trade deficit nations. ...

Can Trump’s Reciprocal Trade Negotiations Make America Great Again?

Warren Maruyama, Meghan Anand & William Alan Reinsch | CSIS | 04/30/2025

On April 9, 2025, i...

What President Trump’s “Reciprocal” Tariffs Mean for International (Trade) Law

Nicolas Lamp | EJIL:Talk! | 04/30/2025

When US President Donald Trump announc...

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 protecti...

The Pundit’s Dilemma

Noah Smith | Noahpinion | 04/22/2025

Trumpism will deindustrialize America. That’s a hard pill for some thinkers to swallow. “The...

The Economic Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Europe: An Initial Assessment

Madalena Barata da Rocha, Nicolas Boivin & Niclas Poitiers | Bruegel | 04/17/2025

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