While the nation's growth strategy and comparative advantages may eventually prove the optimists correct, right now, at least, the China recovery story seems to have lots of holes in it.
A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like th...
We're bailing out the economy boat desperately with stimulation, but the financial leadership opposes plugging the hole in the hull from offshoring.
U.S. officials said they will delay seeking congressional approval for a pending free-trade deal with Panama until President Barack Obama offers a new...
Obama's recent trips to the G-20 and the Summit of the Americas have underscored his fundamental realignment of American foreign policy.
The current economic climate presents a real danger to international stability and, ultimately, to U.S. national security. The time is right for a renewed commitment to trade.
Read the entire report at AmericanProgress.org. The current economic relationship between the United States and China is perilous for both countries....
Roquefort is an odd target since the Euro ban is on all US beef. The wonderful blue veined sheep cheese comes only from the area around the small town of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico is imposing tariffs of 10 to 45 percent on dozens of U.S. exports ranging from fruit and wine to washing machines in retali...
At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated tha...
The wealth of the past 10-15 years was illusory. The markets have in fact dropped back to where they "should" be.
The president mentioned Teddy Roosevelt's call for reform of health care costs, but he should have spent more time on Roosevelt's exclamation: "Thank God I'm not a free trader."
East Asia may be entering a period of radical protest and social revolution that went out of style when export-oriented industrialization became the fashion three decades ago.
UPDATE: 3:30 pm President Barack Obama tried to calm fears about American protectionism and assure Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper that he wan...
The Times (UK) reports on a brewing trade war between the EU and the US over President Obama's "Buy American" remarks: The European Union warned the ...
Until other countries are willing to do their share to stimulate the global economy, the Obama administration is right to lift our boat first.
The United States will not get away with expanding a "Buy American" protectionist measures as part of its economic rescue plan, European Union officia...
In recent years, consumers in the US huffed over the dangers of Chinese-made goods to kids in the US. Now they and their governments might start thinking harder about what those goods are doing to kids in China.
A good case can be made that the massive globalization of labor and financial markets, coupled with "free markets uber alles" policies, formed a toxic mixture that made the collapse inevitable. Here's why.
Whether Ron Kirk is a good choice for trade representative will be determined by his ability to deliver on creating a new trade and globalization policy that benefits more Americans.
Some people make a lot of money for themselves by undermining our wage, safety and pollution standards. So they tell us that protecting ourselves is wrong.
Since Edwards left the race, how many times have we heard the word "poverty" uttered, much less had a national debate about poverty?
From the presidential race to both chambers of Congress, successful candidates in 2008 election races ran on a platform of fundamental overhaul of U.S. trade and globalization policies.
The de facto Depression underway worldwide will trigger consolidations. Strong will eat weak; cash-rich will eat debt-laden and consumer spending will shrink along with economies.
Adam Lerrick, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon, heavily criticized Obama's economic policy and tax plan, claiming "The economic tides will not stand while Washington experiments with European-type social democracy."
