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USMCA and the Politics of Permanent Leverage

Brenda Estefan | Americas Quarterly | 07/28/2026

MEXICO CITY—Without much fanfare, U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators concluded a third round of bilateral USMCA talks in this city days ago. While progress was made on some issues, contentious…

Trade Policy and the 2026 Redesign of Critical Mineral Supply Chains

Blake Harden, Evan Giesemann, & Samantha Schwarz | Ernst & Young | 07/22/2026

Critical minera...

U.S.-Taiwan Trade Agreement Leaves Major Questions Open

David Sacks | Council on Foreign Relations | 02/12/2026

Taiwan has become only the seventh U.S. trading pa...

Can Middle Powers Anchor the Future of Global Trade?

Mary Ng | The Hinrich Foundation | 09/02/2025

The fractures in today’s global trading system have been years ...

An Alliance For Open Trade: How To Counter Trump’s Tariffs

Julian Hinz, Moritz Schularick, Keith Head, Isabelle Mejean & Emanuel Ornelas | Center for Economic Policy Research | 07/27/2025

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