List of Trade Policy & Agreements articles
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Pro-Union, anti-Brexit Irish Sea border posters are pictured close to Larne Port near Belfast, Northern Ireland. Sunak Pulls a Brexit Rabbit Out of His Hat
Northern Ireland’s thorny border problem may finally have an answer.
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Katherine Tai, then-nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, speaks at a U.S. Senate hearing in Washington on Feb. 25, 2021. Why the U.S. Trade Office No Longer Runs Trade
A historic mission to facilitate global commerce is out of step with the times.
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai in her office in Washington The White House’s Case for Industrial Policy
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai counters critics who say the United States is fostering unfair competition.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a session of the 2022 CEO Summit of the Americas. Biden Wants to Compete With China in Latin America
But can he keep it up?
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks. Adam Tooze: Washington Is Undermining the Trade System It Helped Build
The World Trade Organization nears a breaking point over U.S. tariffs against China.
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A person walks beside a destroyed tank near a frozen lake. Want to Help Ukraine? Fund This U.S. Government Agency.
A little-known bureau in the Department of Commerce has the power to weaken Russia’s military via export controls.
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Farmers harvest pineapples in Pingtung county, Taiwan On the Front Lines of the China-Taiwan Food Fight
A Brooklyn start-up hits back against Beijing’s pressure campaign.
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Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner, speaks at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium. EU’s Vestager: Brussels Is Shedding Its Friendly Stance on Beijing
Margrethe Vestager speaks on Europe waking up to a systemic rivalry with China and how to avert a trade war with Washington.
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Employees work on the assembly line for the Volkswagen ID.3 electric car of German carmaker Volkswagen at a production site in Dresden, Germany. Brussels Is Ditching Its Free-Trade Gospel
With Biden continuing on Trump’s protectionist path, the EU is embracing the same.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington on Dec. 1. 2022. Biden’s ‘America First’ Policies Threaten Rift With Europe
Europeans consider vast U.S. subsidies for cars, clean energy, and semiconductors a danger to their economies.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 4. Olaf Scholz Is Undermining Western Unity on China
The German chancellor’s go-it-alone approach has alienated domestic, EU, and international partners.
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Environmental activists protest against the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, sometimes abbreviated as the TTP, in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 11. Boric Is Trapped on Trade
Resource-rich Chile stands to profit off the energy transition—if its leftist president signs a deal despised by his base.
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The U.S. flag is flown at half-staff in honor of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole at the Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 6, 2021. A Republican Midterm Win Will Boost U.S. China Strategy
Divided government could be just what is needed to unite Americans around the administration’s China policies.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on Micron's plan to invest in chips manufacturing. Biden Short-Circuits China
The latest U.S. moves undermine China’s ability to import, manufacture, and export the semiconductors that run the world.
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Workers operate sewing machines in a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in southern Ethiopia. The Dark Side of Ethiopia’s Export Boom
Workers report sexual coercion and poor conditions at the Hawassa Industrial Park.
