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Donald Trump’s Capricious Tariffs Open the Door to Corruption

Dean Baker | Center for Economic and Policy Research | 06/10/2019

Donald Trump has repeatedly proclaimed his love for tariffs, even dubbing himself “Tariff Man.” While Trump clearly does not understand how tariffs work, some of the discussion in the media…

Currency Manipulation Continues to Decline

Christopher G. Collins and Joseph E. Gagnon | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 06/06/2019

Currency mani...

Understanding Trump’s National Security Tariffs: Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962

Women in International Trade | GW Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) | District Export Council (DEC) of Virginia and DC | 06/03/2019

The Old-School Answer to Global Trade

Beth Baltzan | Washington Monthly | 06/01/2019

Heading into 2020, liberals are at a crossroads on trade. Most abhor Donald ...

Trade in Trouble: How the Asia Pacific Can Step Up and Lead Reforms

Wendy Cutler, Peter Grey, Kim Jong-Hoon, Mari Pangestu, Yoichi Suzuki, and Tu Xinquan | Asia Society Policy Institute | 05/30/2019

Real trade war: Trump fixates on tariffs while China pursues global digital domination

Orit Frenkel | USA Today | 05/13/2019

President Donald Trump’s tariffs-by-t...

A Defense of the Beleaguered WTO Appellate Body

Steve Charnovitz | International Economic Law and Policy Blog | 05/09/2019

In November 2017, I authored a paper wa...

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