List of Trade Policy & Agreements articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cheap Dollar Diplomacy
Worries over U.S.-European estrangement miss the real threat: the falling U.S. dollar.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ranking the Rich 2003
In a groundbreaking new ranking, FOREIGN POLICY teamed up with Center for Global Development to create the first annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index, which grades 21 rich nations on whether their aid, trade, migration, investment, peacekeeping, and environmental policies help or hurt poor nations. Find out why the Netherlands ranks first and why the world's two largest aid givers -- the United States and Japan -- finish last.
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The Market for Civil War
Ethnic tensions and ancient political feuds are not starting civil wars around the world. A groundbreaking new study of civil conflict over the last 40 years reveals that economic forces -- such as entrenched poverty and the trade in natural resources -- are the true culprits. The solution? Curb rebel financing, jump-start economic growth in vulnerable regions, and provide a robust military presence in nations emerging from conflict.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: International Trade
Why have disagreements between rich and poor nations stalled the global trading system? Because vapid debates over "fair trade" obscure some inconvenient facts: First, notwithstanding their demands for equity, poor countries are more protectionist than advanced economies. Second, if rich nations cut their self-defeating agricultural subsidies, their own publics would benefit, but consumers in many poor countries would not. Finally, despite criticisms to the contrary, the WTO can help promote economic development in low-income countries -- but only if rich nations let the global body do its job.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Be a Free Trade Democrat
The Democratic presidential nominee must defeat misconceptions about globalization in order to forge a new trade policy that will both boost economic growth and protect workers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trade Secrets
The real message of the collapse of trade talks in Cancún: Business as usual is over for the WTO.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ranking the Rich 2004
The second annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on how their aid, trade, investment, migration, environment, security, and technology policies help poor countries. Find out who's up, who's down, why Denmark and the Netherlands earn the top spots, and why Japan once again finishes last.
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America Overdrawn
The U.S. economy is the world's economic engine. But with American citizens saving less and Washington spending more, that engine is now running on fumes. Together, these trends could ignite trade protectionism and threaten global economic integration.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hired Guns
The not so small arms trade.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Troubled Waters
Plugging the leaks: how to improve the shipping industry.
