Tag: Trade War
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 is a tariff? An economist explains
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
President Donald Trump recently slapped tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on foreign aluminum,...
‘Trade wars are good’? 3 past conflicts tell a very different...
Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter
President Donald Trump renewed fears of a global trade war after he vowed to slap steep tariffs on foreign aluminum...
Trump’s ‘America first’ trade policy ignores key lesson from Great Depression
Charles Hankla, Georgia State University
President Donald Trump declared his nearly two-week trip through Asia “tremendously successful,” but economic history should make us more skeptical....
Apple and 7-Eleven show why Trump’s threat to sever China trade...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
President Donald Trump tweeted on September 3 that the U.S. “is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all...
Why the US shouldn’t start a trade war with China
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The U.S. and China seem to be on the verge of a costly trade war.
Most recently, the Trump administration...
Why Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a...
William Hauk, University of South Carolina
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump attracted a lot of support by promising to restore jobs to the...
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...
