Edward Alden

Edward Alden is a columnist at Foreign Policy, the Ross distinguished visiting professor at Western Washington University, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of When the World Closed Its Doors: The Covid-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders and Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy.

Articles by Edward Alden

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (center-left) shakes hands with China's Vice Premier Liu He (center-right) as U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L) and China's Commerce Minister Zhong Shan (R) look on at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai on July 31.

Trump Hired Robert Lighthizer to Win a Trade War. He Lost.

Argument

August 2, 2019, 4:11 PM

Bernie Sanders speaks during a news conference to urge Congress not to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership on June 3, 2015.

Democrats Won’t Win by Being Trump Lite on Trade

Argument

May 21, 2019, 5:20 AM

Protesters hold signs in favor of Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou outside her bail hearing at British Columbia Superior Courts in Vancouver following her arrest in Canada for extradition to the United States on Dec. 11, 2018.

The United States Doesn’t Have Your Back

Argument

January 29, 2019, 1:48 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One on June 29 that he does not intend to pull out of the WTO. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Is Poised to Do Irreparable Harm to World Trade

Shadow Government 2017-2021

Charles A. Kupchan, Edward Alden

July 24, 2018, 4:29 PM

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