Tag: trade deficit
Why trade deficits aren’t so bad
William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia
Most Americans seem to think international trade deficits are a bad thing.
A March poll, for example, showed that...
Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the...
Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology
President Donald Trump is fighting the wrong fight in his ongoing trade war with the rest of the...
We estimate China only makes $8.46 from an iPhone – and...
Jason Dedrick, Syracuse University; Greg Linden, University of California, Berkeley, and Kenneth L. Kraemer, University of California, Irvine
The Trump administration’s tariffs on China have...
Why China can’t meet Trump’s $200 billion trade demand
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
President Donald Trump has demanded China cut its trade deficit with the U.S. by US$200 billion by 2020...
What’s at stake as President Trump sits down with China’s Xi
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The U.S. and China together account for one-third of global economic output, so there is a lot...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
