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December 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Uses His Bizarre Canada Joke to Bash Outgoing Finance Minister
Donald Trump refuses to let his bizarre riff go.
January 17, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The New U.S. Trade Deal Is Climate Sabotage
It's also great for fossil fuel companies.
December 10, 2019
Matt Ford
Stop Overthinking Impeachment Politics
Democrats backed Trump's trade pact on the same day they introduced articles of impeachment. The optics don't matter.
December 4, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Art of the Underwhelming Deal
Trump touts agreements with foreign leaders as historic accomplishments, but they're just rebranded versions of the status quo.
November 28, 2018
David Dayen
The Biggest Question Mark for the New Congress
The single most important vote of the 116th Congress will be on trade: specifically, the NAFTA replacement. We have absolutely no idea where the new legislators stand on it.

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