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Free trade
Biden's trade policy will prioritize workers' rights
Mar 2, 2021
Biden wants to use trade policy to advance racial equity, fight climate change and take on China’s "coercive" trade practices.
African countries form new trading bloc
by
Kimberly Adams
and Christian Buckler
Jul 10, 2019
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement creates a $3.4 trillion economic bloc covering over a billion people.
Mexican auto makers hopeful, with movement on U.S. trade agreement
Sep 27, 2018
But there are still obstacles ahead.
New NAFTA labor standards may be difficult to enforce
by
Andy Uhler
Aug 29, 2018
As part of the ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States and Mexico have tentatively agreed to new higher labor standards. One provision that has automakers’ attention requires 40-45 percent of a car be made by workers earning at least $16 per hour. The goal is to incentivize car companies […]
U.S.-Japan trade talks open today in Washington
by
Renata Sago
Aug 9, 2018
Japan trade talks are set to open today in Washington, D.C. for the first bilateral trade meeting since President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership last year. It’s a high level meeting between Japanese Economic Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Negotiating a free trade agreement and tariffs […]
How liberalism should adapt to the needs of the 21st century
Apr 25, 2018
A conversation with Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of the Economist.
Free trade gets a boost in Africa
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 13, 2018
Dozens of African nations signed on to a new trade deal. Some key nations still have not.
For public good, not for profit.
Purple faces over Britain's new blue passports
Apr 12, 2018
The government's favoring of a Franco-Dutch bid to make the documents raises ire.
Why looking at tariffs on one product doesn't show the whole picture on trade
Apr 9, 2018
Early this morning, at about 6 a.m. Eastern, the president did what he often does and tweeted. It was a complaint about Chinese tariffs. China, he claimed, imposed tariffs of 25 percent on U.S. automakers, whereas the U.S. imposes tariffs of only 2.5 percent. “Does that sound like free or fair trade,” he wrote. “No, […]
The trade war is over (I lost)
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 9, 2018
The president says they're easy, but FiveThirtyEight's simulator gave me a different experience.