List of Trade Policy & Agreements articles
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A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions. The Kamala Harris Doctrine
Everything we know about the Democratic nominee’s foreign-policy views.
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A Mexican flag flutters on the beach in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on April 18. Solving the China Challenge in Mexico
The United States should make its southern neighbor not just a large trading partner, but also a truly strategic one.
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Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen speaks during the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 2, 2024. How Singapore Manages U.S.-China Tensions
The city-state’s defense minister decodes what Beijing and Washington want in Asia.
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A woman's face is obscured by a souvenir fan from Rome, Italy. Countering Europe’s Backlash to the Green Transition
A sustainable future is still possible—even amidst a radically altered political climate.
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Rows of cars are seen from above. The Fight Over China’s Electric Cars Is Upside-Down
Why Europe’s car companies are against—and environmentalists are for—making Chinese EVs more expensive.
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A Ukrainian border guard in a camouflaged uniform faces a yellow and white Ukrzaliznytsia diesel train and a red Polish SKPL transport company train on two sets of railroad tracks in Rava-Ruska, Ukraine. Ukraine Lays Its Tracks to Europe
By expanding its railways, Kyiv hopes to tie its fate to the rest of the continent.
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The BYD Explorer No. 1 car carrier gets loaded with new-energy vehicles for export at the port of Yantai, Shandong province, China. How China Could Retaliate Against the EU’s Looming EV Tariffs
China wants to contain growing trade threats without further alienating Europe.
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U.S. President Joe Biden (right) and former U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Key Foreign-Policy Moments From the Trump-Biden Debate
The two candidates clashed over Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, immigration, and America’s global image.
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The liquefied natural gas tanker Vladimir Rusanov is seen after its arrival from Russia’s Arctic Yamal peninsula in Nantong, China, on July 19, 2018. The Geopolitics of New Arctic Shipping Lanes
Turmoil in the Middle East makes the Northern route more attractive, if still treacherous.
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Electric cars are waiting to be loaded onto a cargo ship for export at a port facility in Yantai, China, on Jan. 10. Biden’s New Tariffs Should Raise Alarm Bells in Beijing
In the fight for economic dominance, Washington is playing the long game.
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A man stands next to a glowing electric vehicle charging station as he plugs in his car at night. Is Biden Deferring the Green Transition to Contain China?
Electric vehicle tariffs put geopolitics before climate change.
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U.S. President Joe Biden (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting in Woodside, California. Are U.S.-China Talks Accomplishing Anything?
Meetings on climate and AI show some progress, but tech competition still dominates the relationship.
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An aerial photo shows shipping containers stacked at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in Ningbo, China. Democracy Needs an Economic NATO
Fighting Chinese coercion requires new alliances.
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A pencil-drawn portrait of Robert Lighthizer seen in profile, wearing glasses and looking to the right. The Man Who Would Help Trump Upend the Global Economy
As a potential U.S. Treasury secretary, Robert Lighthizer has more than trade policy to revolutionize.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 29: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), speaks to the media following talks at the Chancellery on November 29, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Scholz met with the five leaders as part of an annual, informal dialogue over the global economic situation. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) What Biden’s New China Tariffs Mean for World Trade
“We are very concerned,” says WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.