When Donald Trump threatens to slap massive tariffs on China , economic textbooks want to self-destruct like the smoky opening scene in a Mission Impossible movie. After all, free trade drives down ...

One of the truisms about free trade policies is that they’re not much good without a free market. Voters in the United Kingdom may have struck a blow for freedom--economic and political--when they ...

With all the talk going on about the merits of free trade and the U.S.’s free trade agreements, it might be helpful to look at an example from the past. Debates over free trade vs. protectionism are ...

Globalisation is fundamentally political, not technological. This is the lesson from a new book tracing 1000 years of international trade history. Here the authors use lessons from the past to ...

In the video above Donald Trump’s uninformed, economically illiterate, and childlike views on international trade and trade policy are contrasted with Milton Friedman’s informed, economically ...

As Mexico faces the prospect of a protracted trade struggle with President Trump, China has lessons to offer its fellow Group of 20 member. For the last 2½ years, Beijing has witnessed multiple false ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. With the phase one trade deal signed—and with China now promising (somewhat ...

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, “the trade” was executed much to the dismay of Kansas City Chiefs fans all over the world. Just a few days removed from the one-year anniversary of said trade, many feel ...

If you’ve been a fan of a team long enough, certain phrases or words can elicit a specific reaction or memory. For example, if I were to mention the name Brett Lawrie, most Kansas City Royals fans ...

In the video above Donald Trump’s uninformed, economically illiterate, and childlike views on international trade and trade policy are contrasted with Milton Friedman’s informed, economically ...