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The Pundit’s Dilemma

Noah Smith | Noahpinion | 04/22/2025

Trumpism will deindustrialize America. That’s a hard pill for some thinkers to swallow. “There are no American troops in Baghdad!” — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf Around the middle of 2022, it became…

US Manufacturing Jobs and Gen Z Workers—Can Common Ground Be Found?

Ava Martinez | The HR Digest | 04/21/2025

The “made in America” agenda has been leading many...

The Economic Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Europe: An Initial Assessment

Madalena Barata da Rocha, Nicolas Boivin & Niclas Poitiers | Bruegel | 04/17/2025

‘Made in America’ Is Not Enough

Monica Gorman | Manufacturing Dive | 04/17/2025

For years, policymakers have championed “Made in America” as a silver bullet f...

What the US-China Trade War Means for Fashion

Marc Bain & Malique Morris | Business of Fashion | 04/16/2025

President Trump’s sky-high tariffs on China, along wit...

How to Strike Trade Deals in Record Time

Wendy Cutler | Foreign Policy | 04/15/2025

A former U.S. trade negotiator describes how countries should navigate the Tru...

We Never Had Free Trade

Robert Kuttner | The American Prospect | 04/08/2025

The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main cul...

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