Isolationist? No — Donald Trump has a vision for the world and he’ll make it...
Donald Trump’s inauguration unquestionably heralds a rejuvenated US-UK Special Relationship. His view of America’s international role requires it, featuring, for example, reversing Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleTrade deals are complicated because trade is complicated - Free Trade...
The new administration has introduced Washington to a new mantra on trade. Complicated multilateral trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership or NAFTA, are a thing of the past. “No longer will...
View ArticleTrade chief’s policies could be disastrous for eurozone - Free Trade...
According to Peter Navarro, the top trade advisor to the Trump administration, the $65 billion U.S. trade deficit with Germany is “one of the most difficult” trade issues facing the nation, which will...
View ArticleThe Trump administration, US-Korean economic relations, and Asian regionalism...
The following is the introduction for Claude Barfield’s chapter “The Trump Administration, U.S.-Korean Economic Relations, and Asian Regionalism”: This analysis written “in medias res” (in the midst of...
View ArticleFree trade’s new champions - Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - AEI
The recently agreed framework for a Europe-Japan free trade agreement could not provide a clearer indication as to the changing of the guard in terms of free trade leadership. At a time when the United...
View ArticleThe new Trump Doctrine: ‘Kick your friends while they’re down’ - Free Trade...
The Trump administration’s calculated leak last weekend that it was considering withdrawing from the KORUS is truly a new low — even for this benighted White House. This is true even if it turns out...
View ArticleBetter than a sunset (trade provision) - Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - AEI
In the category of smallest surprise ever, the Trump administration wants an out from any trade agreement it negotiates. It’s termed a “sunset” provision and follows immediately from the President’s...
View ArticleThe framework for a US-Japan free trade agreement - Free Trade Agreement...
The United States and Japan can create a bilateral free trade and investment agreement that both sides will sign and ratify. Such an agreement will not require Japan to make agriculture market...
View ArticleUS’ NAFTA demands: the moronic and the simply misguided - Free Trade...
The epithet “moron” has recently entered the U.S. political lexicon. Here, the purely personal will be avoided in favor of the more impersonal “moronic” to describe a number of U.S. demands in the...
View ArticleNAFTA and digital trade rules: Lock in TPP precedents, don’t get bogged down...
Early in the new year, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations will enter a final make-or-break phase. At this point, the chances that the US, Canada, and Mexico will reach agreement...
View ArticleHello soft Brexit. Goodbye US-UK trade agreement — and an American ally on...
The saga of Brexit negotiations, Prime Minister Theresa May’s agony, and President Donald Trump’s clumsy and destructive interventions changes daily. But the main focus of this blog is the implications...
View ArticleTrump is using tariffs to advance a radical free-trade agenda - Free Trade...
Give President Trump credit. When he chastised NATO allies over their failure to spend adequately on our common defense, his critics said he was endangering the Atlantic alliance. Instead, his tough...
View ArticleUS opens trade negotiations with UK, EU, and Japan: Color me skeptical - Free...
Pursuant to the terms of Trade Promotion Authority, the Trump administration has notified Congress that it intends to negotiate trade agreements with the UK, the EU, and Japan. In each case, there is...
View ArticleUS-Europe trade relations: Bad news (on FTA negotiations) and good news (on...
First, the (continuing) bad news regarding a proposed US-EU free trade agreement (FTA): As I have observed previously, the near-term prospects for a comprehensive bilateral trade pact are not good,...
View ArticleOn USMCA: Is it 2008 all over again? - Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - AEI
Many observers, particularly among industry groups such as the US Chamber of Commerce, are evincing high hope that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats will allow a vote on the pending...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren’s trade populism is quite Trumpy, and that’s bad - Free...
Populist economics doesn’t make more sense just because it’s rebranded as “progressive.” Or as “economic patriotism.” But Sen. Elizabeth Warren would like Democratic primary voters to think so....
View ArticleThe US-UK free trade agreement: Not so fast - Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - AEI
When the UK trade secretary Liam Fox came to AEI two years ago, he predicted that a US-UK free trade deal could be negotiated very quickly as the two counties had very compatible trade rules. This past...
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