Free Trade

Trump USMCA Announcement

Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal

He claims the new North American bill is a victory for US manufacturing, but it’s a lot like the TPP and does very little for US workers.

Oct 3, 2018 / Dean Baker

London protest against militarism in Syria

Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy

A clear message is needed: Enough with endless wars and the global oligarchy.

Sep 25, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Angela Merkel stares down Trump G-7

The Transatlantic Alliance Will Survive Trump The Transatlantic Alliance Will Survive Trump

The forecasts of its demise are premature. Why? Because there’s a shared interest in global domination.

Aug 27, 2018 / Mark Weisbrot

Angela Merkel stares down Trump G-7

Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to the Next Great Depression Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to the Next Great Depression

And we’ll be the ones who pay the price.

Jun 21, 2018 / Nomi Prins

Will the Foreign-Policy Establishment Learn From Trump’s Election Victory?

Will the Foreign-Policy Establishment Learn From Trump’s Election Victory? Will the Foreign-Policy Establishment Learn From Trump’s Election Victory?

The elites have reinforced a global order in which the “winners” are protected and the “losers” are ignored.

Jun 21, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Trump tariff announcement

American Hubris, or, How Globalization Brought Us Donald Trump American Hubris, or, How Globalization Brought Us Donald Trump

It was “free trade” mania, pushed by both major political parties, that destroyed working-class prosperity and laid the groundwork for his triumph.

Apr 19, 2018 / William Greider

Saying Goodbye to FDR’s World

Saying Goodbye to FDR’s World Saying Goodbye to FDR’s World

Multilateralism and liberalism on the decline, 73 years after Roosevelt’s death.

Apr 12, 2018 / David B. Woolner

Trump China Tariffs

The Threat of a Trade War Is Overblown―Real War Is Far More Likely The Threat of a Trade War Is Overblown―Real War Is Far More Likely

America’s trading partners will probably just wait for Trump to move on to his next distraction—which could be a shooting war.

Mar 28, 2018 / Mark Weisbrot

Trump in a hard hat

Trump’s Trade Tariffs Aren’t About Helping Workers Trump’s Trade Tariffs Aren’t About Helping Workers

If the president were serious about creating good jobs for Americans, he’d care about the working conditions of Chinese workers too.

Mar 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Steel-worker

Here’s Why Labor Should Resist Trump’s Tariff Here’s Why Labor Should Resist Trump’s Tariff

It will have little economic effect but will add more bellicosity to a world already overdosing on it.

Mar 14, 2018 / Doug Henwood

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