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Moving from Missed Opportunities to Actual Harm

William Alan Reinsch | Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | 04/01/2024

On March 29, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, which is required by law to appear before March…

The Export-Led Model is Evolving, Not Dying

Jayant Menon | East Asia Forum | 03/23/2024

While the rise in anti-globalisation sentiment may have preceded COVID-19,...

Why Have Developing Countries Soured on Multilateralism?

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg | Project Syndicate | 03/19/2024

While political disputes over specific prov...

The Missing Dimension: Global Rules for Digital Trade

Deborah Elms | Tech for Good Institute | 03/14/2024

How many global rules exist to govern digital trade? It’...

NAFTA: 30 Years of Driving Free Trade Critics Crazy

Colin Grabow | Cato Institute | 03/13/2024

NAFTA is best understood as a lightning rod for criticism of global...

Realism, Idealism, and U.S. Trade Policy

Peter S. Rashish | American-German Institute | 03/13/2024

For nearly 100 years, U.S. trade policy has been judged by wher...

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