List of Trade Policy & Agreements articles
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a joint news conference with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore on Aug. 23. Kamala Harris’s Asia Trip Can’t Fix Biden’s Troubled Indo-Pacific Strategy
Lacking a serious vision for the region, the administration is aiming low.
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Angolan President Joao Lourenco shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2018. China Is the Biggest Winner From Africa’s New Free Trade Bloc
AfCFTA was supposed to usher in a new era of continental trade and economic growth—but Beijing’s not letting that happen.
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The MV Ever Given container ship sails in the Suez Canal How the Red Sea Became a Trap
From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.
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A container ship sails on the Mediterranean Sea during a thunderstorm about 20 nautical miles from Malta on Sept. 24, 2017. Free Trade Is Dead. Risky ‘Managed Trade’ Is Here.
The old trade order has gone out the window at breathtaking speed. What comes next is very slippery.
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Biden tours Pfizer manufacturing plant Bidenomics Is ‘America First’ With a Brain
Trump’s economic revolution is alive and well—and continuing in abler hands.
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Jian, China, border with North Korea Across the North Korean Border in China, an Economic Winter That Never Ends
The pandemic killed hopes of a trade boom.
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ever-given-stuck-supply-chain-timo-lenzen-illustration-Bottle_R6_SW_V1 The Ever Given Crew Are Still Stuck at Sea
Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.
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Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Iowa state leaders and residents. State Legislation Might Backfire on U.S.-China Relations
Beijing doesn’t understand local governments are independent of Washington.
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EU Council staff members remove the United Kingdom’s flag from the European Council building in Brussels on Jan. 31, 2020. Trade Deals Primarily Promote Stability, Not Trade
And the new agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union does the opposite.
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The U.S. flag flies over a container ship. To Save American Prosperity, Renew Fast Track
Sure, everybody’s a protectionist now. But there’s a way to both protect U.S. workers and support free trade.
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Colombian Marine Infantry soldiers patrol the streets of Buenaventura, Colombia, on Feb. 10. In Colombia, Free Trade Has Come With More Violence
Nearly a decade after signing a deal with the United States, the future in cities like Buenaventura looks worse and worse.
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Soybeans are harvested Big Agriculture Is Best
The United States’ industrialized food system moved millions of people out of poverty and is better for the environment, too.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join Prime Minister Boris Johnson and various heads of state and dignitaries at the U.K.-Africa Investment Summit at London’s Buckingham Palace on Jan. 20, 2020. Britain Shouldn’t Put Its Money on a Post-Brexit Rapprochement With Africa
Boris Johnson is looking to old U.K. colonies for trade deals, but his government can’t compete with China and won’t get far until it abandons its neocolonial attitudes.
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A man walks past a billboard for the construction of an oil refinery and storage facility in the port city of Hambantota, Sri Lanka, on March 24, 2019. Chinese Belt and Road Investment Isn’t All Bad—or Good
As Sri Lanka shows, when it comes to Chinese debt, small states have agency and great powers have responsibilities.
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Policemen inspect the facilities at a coal mine in Changji in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Feb. 21. Meet Today’s Masters of the Universe
“The World for Sale” peels back the cover on the secretive—and sometimes shady—people who make the modern world go around.
