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Trump’s Nafta Trap

Jeff Faux

The radical new rules for trade imposed by NAFTA—and copied in the myriad trade deals signed by the US ever since—shifted the benefits of expanding trade to investors and the costs to workers..

24/02/2017
Trump and the myth of protectionist disaster

John Weeks

Donald Trump’s vision of a new American hegemony is a threat to world peace. But not because he opposes trade liberalisation.

20/02/2017
Increased US trade Deficit in 2016

Scott

12/02/2017
Increased Us trade deficit in 2016

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12/02/2017
Growth in U.S.–China trade deficit between 3.4 million jobs

Robert E. Scott

06/02/2017
Truthiness on Trade

Dean Baker

Trade policies supported by the leadership of both parties had a devastating impact on the lives of millions of workers and their families.

03/02/2017
Trump’s “Revolution” between Globalization and Protectionism

Antonio Lettieri

The populism alibi masks real problems of Western democracies. Behind its demagogic tone, Donald Trump has opened a new chapter in the political debate on the negative social effects of globalization,.

02/02/2017
Are negative interest rates dangerous?

Thomas Palley and Adam Posen

A debate on the current monetary policy.

30/01/2017
Small and big European countries in front of the crisis

Ruggero Paladini

Comparing the four small countries with the four largest countries in the euro zone, with reference to the eight years following the financial crisis.

27/01/2017