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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

February 4, 2025

Trade
Tariffs on Trading Partners: Can the President Actually Do That?

Though Congress holds power over regulating commerce with foreign nations, it has incrementally delegated significant authority to the president, giving him broad discretion to take trade actions.   …

Shipping containers at the Long Beach Containers Terminal in Long Beach, California, U.S., February 9, 2023.

December 19, 2024

Economics
Future of Tariffs and Trade

Brad W. Setser, CFR’s Whitney Shepardson senior fellow, leads the conversation on the influence of tariffs on global trade and the price of U.S. goods, and what to expect from the second Trump admini…

Play Cars in a lot

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.

February 14, 2025

RealEcon
Donald Trump Wants Reciprocity in Trade: Here’s a Closer Look

The president’s plan for reciprocal tariffs sounds good in theory. But there was a reason the United States abandoned the approach a century ago. The gains would be few and the costs enormous.

Shipping containers are shown at the Terminal 1 Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, U.S., October 17, 2024.

February 2, 2025

Trade
Trump’s Risky New Era of Broken Trade Norms

The tariffs that President Donald Trump has announced against three of the United States’ biggest trading partners—Canada, China, and Mexico—look poised to shatter the era of a rules-based order with…

A customer holds a bottle as a sign that reads “Buy Canadian Instead” is displayed after the top five U.S. liquor brands were removed from sale at B.C. Liquor Stores, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.