Since its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has followed the lead of the United States and other countries who have pursued bilateral and regional trade negotiations as multilateral…
As part of its efforts to address Chinese trade practices, the United States demanded a provision in the recently negotiated United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that constrains any of the parties…
On January 22, Brazilian Ambassador the United States Sergio Silva do Amaral joined the Georgetown Center for Latin American Studies for its Ambassador Series to discuss the prospects for Brazil…
Tense economic disputes have escalated to violent confrontations in the past, and there is a legitimate fear that the budding trade war between the United States and China could trigger a…
The Trump administration’s ‘America First’ policies come at a critical time in the global economy. These bad policies will have adverse consequences in international trade. In the absence of countervailing…
In addition to bad timing, the Trump tariff wars suffer from bad policies, which have been fueled by the eclipse of U.S. free trade legacy with the Americas, Europe, and…
This is the first of a three-part series. In less than two years, the Trump administration has undermined more than seven decades of U.S. free trade legacies. That is both…
Large unprecedented trade imbalances have bedeviled the world for the last 20 years. They are not a phantom menace. They have inflicted harm on the working and middle classes of…
On the eve of new NAFTA-related trade discussions in October, President Trump warned of his continued opposition to the agreement. Emily Davis, a spokeswoman for US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer added:…
“We are renegotiating a trade deal right now as we speak with South Korea, and hopefully it will be an equitable deal… a fair deal to both parties.” –…
