List of Trade Policy & Agreements articles
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Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech on U.S.-China relations. 5 Takeaways From Mike Pence’s Hawkish China Speech
The vice president lays out a wide-ranging critique of China at a critical moment for trade talks.
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 27, 2018. Beware SOFR
With the global economy slowing, the world has a new acronym to worry about.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement at an aerospace plant in Milwaukee on July 12. Why Trump Still Can’t Get USMCA Through Congress
Ironically, the fight over impeachment could finally ease the way for NAFTA’s successor. But time is running out.
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Foreign Policy illustration/Panayiotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto via Getty Images Economists on the Run
Paul Krugman and other mainstream trade experts are now admitting that they were wrong about globalization: It hurt American workers far more than they thought it would. Did America’s free market economists help put a protectionist demagogue in the White House?
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trumps-world-cover-foreign-policy-fall-2019-print-3-2 It’s Trump’s World Now. What Do We Do About It?
How to fix U.S. democracy, populism, trade, and other pressing issues.
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Sébastien Thibault illustration for Foreign Policy Why Trade Wars Are Inevitable
Trump’s trade wars aren’t just about him or China—but global economic imbalances that the next U.S. administration will still have to address.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Halkbank Indictment Turbocharges U.S.-Turkey Tensions
After a long, mysterious delay, the Trump administration finally targets the Turkish bank for helping Iran to evade U.S. sanctions. Don’t expect Ankara to cooperate.
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Indian school students form the Chinese characters for the name of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Leaders of the World’s Two Biggest Countries Meet—and Come Away With Little Progress
Flashy summits between Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi don’t achieve much because India has a weaker set of cards than China. To change the game, New Delhi needs to hew closer to Washington.
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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He presents U.S. President Donald Trump with a letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping after the two discussed a U.S.-China trade agreement. The Pretend Trade Deal
Both the United States and China want a bargain. But they’re fooling themselves if they think it’s happening.
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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. Trade War Pause Leaves Few Happy
Mini-deal between the United States and China brings relief to farmers but offers no long-term solutions.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on Asian trade at the White House. The Trade War Is Only Getting Worse
Any expectations that high-level U.S.-China talks this week could produce a grand bargain on trade have all but evaporated.
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G-20 summit dinner Trump’s Credibility With China Plummets
The U.S. president’s casual request for an investigation of the Bidens has Beijing saying no thanks—and largely ignoring his demands as trade talks look headed for a tough run.
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U.S. stock market indices plunged after weak manufacturing numbers and fears of a recession on Oct. 1. Rumblings of Recession Get Louder
With U.S. manufacturing taking its worst hit since the Great Recession, signs of a global economic downturn are everywhere.
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China's first self-developed large passenger jetliner, the C919, rolls off the production line on Nov. 2, 2015. Are China and the West Headed for a Cold War in the Skies?
As the U.S.-China trade war heats up, Beijing and Moscow could ditch Boeing and Airbus and make their own planes together—but it won’t be good news for passengers or airlines.
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White House trade advisor Peter Navarro successfully led U.S. demands for reform of the Universal Postal Union in an extraordinary meeting in Geneva, Sept. 24, 2019. Trump Scores a Big Victory—on Stamps
The United States tries to level the playing field for postal services worldwide.
