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US further alienates itself on trade, nations look elsewhere for partners -...
Many in Washington, D.C. and around the world thought that Donald Trump’s hardline, protectionist rants during the presidential campaign would give way to more moderate stances when he discovered a...
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NAFTA negotiations: An opportunity for precedent-setting e-commerce rules -...
Of all the negative fallout from the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, clearly one of the most destructive was the demise of the precedent-setting...
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US negotiating objectives for NAFTA are a mixed bag - TransPacific...
There actually is no big news coming out of the Trump administration’s congressionally-mandated Summary of Objectives for the NAFTA (re)negotiations. The statement does not portend, as my AEI colleague...
View ArticleThe Trump administration, US-Korean economic relations, and Asian regionalism...
The following is the introduction for Claude Barfield’s chapter “The Trump Administration, U.S.-Korean Economic Relations, and Asian Regionalism”: This analysis written “in medias res” (in the midst of...
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From the archives | NAFTA negotiations: AEI’s terms of trade - TransPacific...
Last week, the first round of NAFTA renegotiation began. The agreement was initiated by President George H. W. Bush and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994. Since NAFTA’s passage,...
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The new Trump Doctrine: ‘Kick your friends while they’re down’ - TransPacific...
The Trump administration’s calculated leak last weekend that it was considering withdrawing from the KORUS is truly a new low — even for this benighted White House. This is true even if it turns out...
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Donald Trump should capitalize on trade opportunities in Asia - TransPacific...
I have previously laid out an American vision for Southeast Asia with security, economic and governance pillars. On the economic front, I argued that the United States should seek to shape a Southeast...
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TPP-11 lives, and that’s a very good thing - TransPacific Partnership (TPP) -...
Over the long run, the most important event last week in Asia took place beyond the trade-blighting hand of Donald Trump. On Saturday, the 11 remaining nations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
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Trump remains dead wrong on trade deals - TransPacific Partnership (TPP) - AEI
A self-congratulatory presidential tweet this morning: “After my tour of Asia, all Countries dealing with us on TRADE know that the rules have changed. The United States has to be treated fairly and in...
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NAFTA and digital trade rules: Lock in TPP precedents, don’t get bogged down...
Early in the new year, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations will enter a final make-or-break phase. At this point, the chances that the US, Canada, and Mexico will reach agreement...
View ArticleReacting to Trump’s trade talk: Me on CNBC’s ‘Closing Bell’ - TransPacific...
I joined CNBC today with Jared Bernstein to discuss all things Trump and trade. A few key points: It seems Trump’s overriding goal in these trade negotiations is to secure a favorable balance of trade...
View ArticleDiscussing Trump’s trade talks: Pethokoukis on CNBC’s ‘Closing Bell’ -...
DeWitt Wallace Fellow James Pethokoukis discusses the possible repercussions of Trump's focus on trade deficits when negotiating TPP and NAFTA.
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The Trump administration’s new trade view? - TransPacific Partnership (TPP) -...
The Economic Report of the President came out last week. It’s more than 500 pages long and I didn’t read it all. But I did read the 630 mentions of the word trade and a few other parts. To save you...
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Trump’s trade tariff endgame could be ugly - TransPacific Partnership (TPP) -...
So we’ve run this experiment before, and fairly recently. The 2002 Bush II tariffs worked out pretty much just as economists predicted. They raised steel prices, which hurt US firms that use steel....
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Today’s a mess: Looking ahead in US-China trade - TransPacific Partnership...
This is an attempt to write about US-China and not be out of date in a few months days hours. Last week the trade war was “on hold.” This week the White House re-stated its intention to restrict PRC...
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Will the US lose by default in competition for digital trade rules? -...
As noted often in this blog, the Trump administration’s most important strategic mistake regarding leadership on future rules governing digital trade and investment was the president’s summary...
View ArticleAn American (non-trumpian) perspective on Asian integration - TransPacific...
With the long-standing failure of multilateral negotiations in the World Trade Organization and the recent US retreat to economic nationalism and “America First,” Asian trade and investment...
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Trump’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy’ should include Jones Act repeal...
The Trump administration has put competition with China at the center of its economic policy. At the same time, it has also advocated a loosely defined plan to expand economic linkages with the Asian...
View ArticleBeijing’s attitude continues to ‘evolve’ on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
As I’ve noted on this blog previously, we are witnessing a surprising turnaround by Beijing regarding the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Today’s (August 13) China Daily contains a...
View ArticleThe TPP negotiations: Endgame follies
We are—hopefully—entering the endgame of negotiations to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, with all parties staking out serious, and not so serious, positions on key sensitive...
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