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How Donald Trump Should have Tackled the US Trade Deficit

08/19/2025

Opinion | US Negotiators Face Tough Task to Secure Trade Deal with China

08/18/2025

Reflections on the Angels on the Head of Jamieson Greer’s Pin

08/12/2025

Taxation Without Representation: How Trump’s Tariff Policy Undermines Democracy And International Legal Norms

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Trump, Tariffs & Trade Wars

08/04/2025

A Progressive Industrial Policy for the Global South: A Latin American Perspective

07/28/2025

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

07/27/2025

Tariffs, Trade Tensions and Climate Policy: The New Frontier of Green Trade Measures

07/26/2025

Which Country Should Design U.S. Industrial Policy?

07/16/2025

Court of International Trade’s Flawed Ruling in Striking Down Trump’s Tariffs

07/14/2025

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Contributors provide unique perspectives on critical trade issues. Author’s views are their own, and do not reflect the views of WITA, its Board or its staff.

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U.S.-China Phase 1 Trade Agreement Signed on January 15 — An Impressive Agreement if Enforced

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 01/15/2020

There has been a lot of anticipation for what the Phase 1 agreement between the U.S. and China actually contains. Earlier today, following the signing ceremony at the White House,…

China
Trade Agreements
United States

Stock market responses triggered by the US-China trade war

Peter Egger & Jiaqing Zhu | VoxEU | 01/09/2020

The US and China have been exchanging threats and imposi...

Brexit
China
Globalization
Multilateral trading system
Trade Agreements
U.S. Policy
United Sates
WTO

U.S.-China Phase 1 Agreement — What to Look for When the Agreement is Released on January 15, 2020 after the signing

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 01/06/2020

China
Chinese Policy
Tariff War
Trade Agreements
Trade Law
Trade Negotiations
Trade Policy
U.S. Policy
United Sates
WTO

Midlands Voices: Abandoning the post-WWII trade structure carries big global risks

James R. Martin | Omaha World-Herald | 12/28/2019

Recently, the USMCA trade dea...

Export
NAFTA
Trade Agreements
USMCA
WTO

The USMCA: New, Modestly Improved, but Still Costly

Mary E. Lovely|Jeffrey J. Schott|Peterson Institute For International Economics | 12/17/2019

President Donald ...

Bilateral Trade
Canada
Mexico
Trade Agreements
Trade Cooperation
Trade Law
Trade Liberalization
Trade Negotiations
Trade Policy
U.S. Policy
United States
USMCA
USTR

Canadian Cheers Over Pending USMCA May be Short-lived

Steven Globerman, Addington Chair in Measurement, Professor Emeritus, Western Washington University | The Fraser Institute Blog | 12/11/2019

NAFTA
Trade Agreements
Trade Policy
USMCA

Is USMCA’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism Up To The Task Of Addressing Complaints Under Its Labor Chapter?

Theodore Posner | American Leadership Initiative | 11/22/2019

USMCA

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