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April 1, 2025

Trade
Trade Calendar

Trade and tariffs are a central part of President Donald Trump’s international economic policy. Stay up to date with the Council on Foreign Relation’s calendar of significant trade-related events.

March 31, 2025

RealEcon
Tariffs Will Destroy the Best Cure for the Trade Deficit

US exports not only reduce deficits, they also bring higher-paying jobs and greater innovation. A tariff-driven trade war will hold back their growth. 

A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs, in Oakland, California, U.S.

February 5, 2025

United States
What Trump’s Trade War Would Mean, in Nine Charts

President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico could upend U.S. trade. These nine charts show what’s at stake, what comes next, and why it matters.

February 28, 2025

RealEcon
From Trade Wars to Trade Wins: How Trump Can Redefine U.S.-China Economic Relations

The United States’ relationship with China is at a new low, but Trump has a chance to redefine bilateral relations by locking China into the U.S.-led global system

A U.S. dollar banknote featuring American founding father Benjamin Franklin and a China's yuan banknote featuring late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong are seen among U.S. and Chinese flags in this illustration picture taken May 20, 2019. Picture taken May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration

February 26, 2025

RealEcon
Chips, Steel, and Lawnmowers: What Trade Is Strategic?

President Trump, his advisors, and Congress have different ideas of what products and markets are strategic.

Airshow China in Zhuhai

December 16, 2024

RealEcon
Repealing the IRA Has Trade-offs, Tweaking It Has Advantages

With over a third of the Inflation Reduction Act’s funding set to expire by the end of Donald Trump’s next term, Congress should prioritize the legislation’s most impactful initiatives: manufacturing…

A worker builds a crate for solar panels at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022.

February 10, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
India, the United States and the Future of the International Trade Order

India has enjoyed bipartisan support in the U.S. as a critical economic counterbalance to China, but the United States still has a tenuous grasp on its interests. In this series, three experts examin…

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) arrives for a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

February 10, 2025

India
The Great Disconnect in India’s Digital Trade Policy

India's digital trade policies run contrary to global norms and seem to undermine the interests of its fast-growing and economically important information and technology sector. At the same time, it …

A worker at Flipkart, a leading e-commerce firm in India, arranges items inside its fulfilment centre on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar

October 30, 2024

RealEcon
Trade-offs in the Desert: RealEcon Visits Arizona

From semiconductors and water conservation to mining and the clean energy transition, Arizona is balancing trade-offs that will have important lessons for the country.

Man in protective gear tends a smelter at Magma Metals Company, near San Manuel, Arizona, USA; Arizona, United States of America

January 31, 2025

RealEcon
It’s Time for a U.S.-India Trade Deal

This time around, Modi and Trump should seize the opportunity to strike a substantial bilateral agreement.

US President Donald Trump (R) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020.