Tag: trade
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...
How China could use trade to force North Korea to play...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
North Korea got the world’s attention – and President Donald Trump’s – when it said on July 4 that...
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...
Trump’s trade policy is more predictable and less isolationist than critics...
Peter K. Yu, Texas A&M University
In his first full week in office, President Donald Trump unleashed a whirlwind of actions that have deep...
What does ‘America first’ mean for American economic interests?
What does 'America first' mean for American economic interests?
Charles Hankla, Georgia State University
In his inauguration speech, Donald Trump used the phrase “America first” to...
What China’s ‘export machine’ can teach Trump about globalization
Penelope B. Prime, Georgia State University
Chinese goods seem to be everywhere these days.
Consider this: At the Olympics in Rio this summer, Chinese companies...
Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
Elizabeth Thurbon, UNSW Australia and Linda Weiss, University of Sydney
President-elect Donald Trump is right: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a damaging deal and deserves...
Why we have globalization to thank for Thanksgiving
Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University
As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving Day feasts, some may recall the story of the “Pilgrim Fathers” who founded...