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Now That U.S. Tariffs Are in Place, French Wineries Are Calculating Survival

Paige Donner | Wine Spectator | 09/09/2025

Wine’s taste may be bottled poetry, but its mathematics are often merciless. The U.S. government has implemented 15 percent tariffs on all European Union wines. Add on a 15 percent decline…

Some Lessons from the WTO for the Changing Global Trade System

Bruce Hirsh | Council on Foreign Relations | 09/03/2025

Seven months into President Donald Trump’s ...

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 ...

How Donald Trump Should have Tackled the US Trade Deficit

Vijay Joshi & David Vines | Centre for Economic Policy Research | 08/19/2025

The US trade deficits will ...

US Negotiators Face Tough Task to Secure Trade Deal with China

Wendy Cutler | South China Morning Post | 08/18/2025

A more assertive Chinese negotiating team, a l...

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

Maria L. Pagan | Hinrich Foundation | 08/12/2025

In a 31 July statement and a New York Times o...

A Tariff Waiting Game

Phillip W. Magness | Independent Institute | 08/07/2025

Ever since President Trump launched his protectionist tariff agenda at the outset o...

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