Tag: trade
Arms sales to Saudi Arabia give Trump all the leverage he...
Terrence Guay, Pennsylvania State University
Among Donald Trump’s many unusual characteristics as president is his frankness.
Last week, after the disappearance and apparent torture...
Arms and influence in the Khashoggi affair
Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State University
President Donald Trump’s reaction to the disappearance and death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul reveals important details...
The Senate is set to approve it, but what exactly is...
Pat Ranald, University of Sydney
These days it is called the TPP-11 or, more formally, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership.
It...
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...
How is ‘new NAFTA’ different? A trade expert explains
Amanda M. Countryman, Colorado State University
On Sept. 30, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a deal to scrap NAFTA and replace it with a...
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...
Canada will be part of Trump’s new NAFTA – corporate lobbyists...
Christina Fattore, West Virginia University
The announcement last month that the U.S. and Mexico had reached an agreement to replace NAFTA without Canada surprised trade...
The two key issues on the table to bring Canada back...
Michael von Massow, University of Guelph
Negotiations for a revised North American Free Trade Agreement have been ongoing for more than a year, but now...