Trade and Trade Policy

U.S. Allies Sign Sweeping Trade Deal in Challenge to Trump – The New York Times

March 8, 2018 / Globalization and Trade, Japan, Trade and Trade Policy

SANTIAGO, Chile — A trade pact originally conceived by the United States to counter China’s growing economic might in Asia now has a new target: President Trump’s embrace of protectionism. A group of 11 nations — including major United States allies like Japan, Canada and Australia — signed a broad trade deal on Thursday that …

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As U.S. Trumpets ‘America First-’ Rest of the World Is Moving On – The New York Times

January 25, 2018 / Globalization and Trade, Trade and Trade Policy

WASHINGTON — President Trump is arriving at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to explain his “America First” approach at a moment when the world is moving ahead with a trade agenda that no longer revolves around the United States. The world marked a turning point in global trade on Tuesday, when 11 countries …

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The Workers Who Regret Trump’s Scrapping of a Trade Deal – by Neil Gough – NYT

March 1, 2017 / Globalization and Trade, Trade and Trade Policy, Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

“HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Do Thi Minh Hanh, a labor activist, had grown accustomed to being beaten, hospitalized and jailed for her work in a country where independent trade unions are banned. So it gave her hope for a reprieve when Vietnam reached a trade deal with the United States and other countries …

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What Is TPP? Behind the Trade Deal That Died – The New York Times

March 1, 2017 / Globalization and Trade, Trade and Trade Policy, Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

“Today, the United States and most developed countries have few tariffs, but some remain. The United States, for example, protects the domestic sugar market from lower-priced global suppliers and imposes tariffs on imported shoes, while Japan has steep surcharges on agricultural products including rice, beef and dairy. The pact was an effort to create a …

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