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The Trade War Drove American Automaking Jobs to China as Tariffs Stalled U.S. Exports

Eric Boehm | Reason | 02/16/2021

Former President Donald Trump’s trade war sank American manufacturing exports and inadvertently helped shift automaking jobs to China as carmakers, including BMW and Tesla, responded to new uncertainty in global supply…

Biden Team Supports US Proposal to Withdraw Medicines from GPA

Jean Heilman Grier | Perspectives on Trade | 02/16/2021

When the Trump administration ended, one of...

The WTO Gets a New Leader, Finally!

Wendy Cutler | Asia Society Policy Institute | 02/15/2021

World Trade Organization (WTO) members must be breathing a sigh of r...

History is made: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as Director-General

World Trade Organization | 02/15/2021

WTO members made history today (15 February) when the Genera...

Will Biden Repeat Trump’s Automotive Mistakes?

Scott Lincicome | CATO Institute | 02/12/2021

The New York Times yesterday provided an in-depth look at the Bide...

An EU-China Deal for a Bygone Era

Wendy Cutler | Project Syndicate | 02/09/2021

After four years of Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda, the European Union cou...

What President Biden Can Learn From President Reagan

Bryan Riley | Inside Sources | 02/08/2021

One of the decisions facing the Biden administration is whether to ...

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