List of Trade Policy & Agreements articles
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A man begs for money in the snow along 42nd Street in Times Square in New York on March 21, 2018. America Needs a New Economic Philosophy. Foreign Policy Experts Can Help.
The United States cannot get grand strategy right if it gets economic policy wrong.
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China’s President Xi Jinping and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands ahead of talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2017. Can China Replace the United States in Israel?
Talk of new Chinese-Israeli trade deals points to more complicated relationships with Washington to come.
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Investors look at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Feb. 3. Knock-On Effects of China’s Coronavirus May Be Worse Than Thought
China’s economy is bigger and weaker than during SARS, and ripple effects are already being felt across supply chains and in commodities markets.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts African leaders and senior government representatives during the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London on Jan.20. Boris Johnson’s New Scramble for Africa
The prime minister’s vision of a “Global Britain” after Brexit will only succeed if he abandons imperial nostalgia in favor of practical investment in the continent’s fast-growing economies.
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A police officer wearing a protective mask in Beijing Market Players Wonder: Is China’s Coronavirus the Next Black Swan?
Traders remain jittery as experts hint at a global epidemic that could last into the summer.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before he and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He sign phase one of a trade deal at the White House on Jan. 15. Trump’s Phase One Deal With China Misunderstands Global Trade
And it may create more losers than first meets the eye.
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U.S. President Donald Trump Europe Is the New Front in Trump’s Trade War
Savoring his partial China deal and passage of the new NAFTA, the U.S. president turns his sights on America’s closest allies. But he may have less success there.
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A BMW employee works at the new BMW car production plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on June 6, 2019. NAFTA’s Replacement Gives Labor Some Shelter From Globalization’s Storms
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement sets new standards for workers — but can’t stand alone.
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker, then-president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Oct. 17, 2019. Avoiding Autarky
For some nations, trade and cooperation are becoming less attractive. But the world needs more coordination, not less.
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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. President Donald Trump display the signed “phase one” trade agreement at the White House on Jan. 15. 5 Takeaways From Trump’s New China Trade Pact
The agreement may help him get reelected, but it’s only a truce, not a free trade deal.
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Wall Street Bull Americans Are Investing More in China—and They Don’t Even Know It
A modest trade deal can’t mask major problems between Washington and Beijing. But despite those tensions, Americans are unwittingly increasing their exposure to Chinese stocks and bonds.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in response to the Iranian strike on U.S. military personnel. Our Top Weekend Reads
David Petraeus says Suleimani killing reestablishes U.S. deterrence, Irish unification back on the agenda after Brexit, and drama among the British royal family.
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A World Trade Organization sign is seen at WTO headquarters in Geneva on Sept. 21, 2018. Trump’s Real Trade War Is Being Waged on the WTO
By undermining the organization’s dispute resolution body, the administration is undoing decades of rules-based economic cooperation—to the United States’ own peril.
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Workers assemble Porsche 911 cars at the Zuffenhausen Porsche production plant in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 10, 2015. Europe’s Green Deal Could Open a New Front in the Trade War
Economic tensions with China may be soothed, but in 2020, Trump will have other trade concerns to worry about.
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A storm hits Southern California The Global Economy 2020: A Positive Outlook Shadowed by China, Debt, and Trade Tensions
Experts expect growth to rebound, but many of their projections are built on shaky foundations.
