US President Donald Trump described his reciprocal tariffs as the “big one”. Although he habitually exaggerates his claims, the world…
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The global trade system has been profoundly reshaped since US President Donald Trump’s first term, with countries’ decisions increasingly driven…
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The possibility of new tariffs on China, and even the cancellation of its preferential trade status with the US, will…
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Are US president-elect Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs an admission of American economic defeat, a tacit acknowledgement that US manufacturers…
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While pledging to “firmly safeguard” China’s interests, the nation’s chief international trade representative on Friday expressed Beijing’s willingness to engage…
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Most worrying is what Maurice Obstfeld at the Peterson Institute recently called “a deep distrust of economic openness” – a…
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