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April 18, 2018
Fatema Z. Sumar
A Smarter Idea Than Starting a Trade War
To curb China, the U.S. could increase development aid to other Asian countries. Sometimes, doing good is good strategy.
March 27, 2018
David Dayen
Trump’s Theater of Trade
The president announces tough tariffs on steel. The media goes crazy. The president wrings meaningless concessions out of U.S. partners and then lauds his own deal-making prowess. And scene.
March 15, 2018
Suzanne Monyak
Nothing can convince Donald Trump that the U.S. doesn’t run a trade deficit with Canada.
March 14, 2018
Erik Loomis
How Trade Deals and Immigration Laws Hurt Workers—Mexican Workers
Much has been made of the very real woes of American workers. But Mexicans are trapped in an especially brutal cycle of dependence and exile.
March 6, 2018
David Dayen
How Congress Can Wage an Effective Trade War
Trump's proposed tariffs won't do much for American workers, but what if Democrats return to power on Capitol Hill?
March 2, 2018
Sarah Jones
Donald Trump’s trade war is a tantrum.
January 30, 2018
David Dayen
Man of U.S. Steel
Instead of government oversight, President Trump is poised to give a few CEOs near-total power over a troubled American industry.
January 22, 2018
Emily Atkin
Trump just dealt a major blow to solar power.
January 18, 2018
Emily Atkin
Trump’s “America First” Policy Could Cripple the U.S. Solar Industry
The president is about to make a decision that could cost more jobs than the entire coal industry, and Republicans aren't happy about it.
August 17, 2017
Bryce Covert
Trump’s White Supremacist Economic Agenda
His infrastructure proposals were eclipsed this week by the controversy in Charlottesville. But they have more in common than you might think.
April 27, 2017
Jeet Heer
Canada Is Too Nice to Stand Up to Trump
Justin Trudeau tried to befriend Trump, but bullies only respect people who fight back. That's why Trump is beating Trudeau to a pulp over trade.
April 18, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trumpism Was Real—and Its Death Deserves to Be Mourned
The president is becoming a typical right-wing Republican, thereby preserving a flawed status quo.
March 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
This week looks like it might be another disaster for Donald Trump.
January 24, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump Is Paving the Way for China to Rule the World
China is now closer to the international norm on issues like trade, climate change, and Israel-Palestine. Is this the end of American dominance?
November 17, 2016
Alex Shephard
Are Democrats Over-Learning the Lessons of Trump’s Victory?
The new conventional wisdom is that Democrats need to woo white working class voters who have been hurt by globalization. Not so fast, some say.
July 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Terry McAuliffe just screwed Hillary Clinton on the TPP.
May 5, 2016
David Dayen
The Free-Trade Consensus Is Dead
And this week’s TTIP leak is a nail in the coffin.
March 11, 2016
Steven Cohen
Where did Ted Cruz get the idea that Republican voters want to move “beyond rhetoric”?
March 1, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Britain is acting like the 100 Years War never ended.
December 23, 2015
Suzy Khimm
The first rule of writing a Hollywood movie as a high-ranking U.S. government official is you can’t talk about writing a Hollywood movie as a high-ranking U.S. government official.
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