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July 31, 2024

RealEcon
Making U.S. Trade Policy Relevant Again

U.S. trade policy can still solve problems but requires new approaches that engage with current realities rather than wishful thinking, says former chief of staff to the U.S. trade representative.

Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses delegates during a session on fisheries subsidies during the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi of February 26, 2024. The world's trade ministers gathered in the UAE on February 26 for a high-level WTO meeting with no clear prospects for breakthroughs, amid geopolitical tensions and disagreements

September 18, 2024

United States
Reporter’s Notebook—Covering a Dangerous World

Journalists with on-the-ground experience reporting from warzones and conflict areas discuss the lessons they have learned, the risks they face, and the importance of sharing these stories.

Play Charles Crain (L), a reporter working for Time Magazine, takes notes during a gun battle between insurgents in Iraq.

April 1, 2024

Trade
WTO Members Kick the Can Down the Road, Again

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) thirteenth ministerial conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates failed to break the deadlock on old and new initiatives in areas such as agricultural …

13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE

September 12, 2024

United States
Reporter's Notebook—Covering a Dangerous World

Journalists with on-the-ground experience reporting from dangerous areas of the world discuss the lessons they have learned, the risks they face, and the importance of sharing these stories.

Play Charles Crain (L), a reporter working for Time Magazine, takes notes during a gun battle between insurgents in Iraq.

January 22, 2024

United States
Responsible Consensus at the WTO Can Save the Global Trading System

The United States needs to convince holdouts such as India to support the concept of plurilateralism.

WTO

September 20, 2024

RealEcon
Misperceptions and Misplaced Perceptions: Time to Turn the Page on International Trade

Trade deserves a better reputation. Increasing supply would improve the economy’s performance and the public’s perception of trade’s benefits.

A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.

July 2, 2024

RealEcon
The Unbearable Lightness of U.S. Trade Policy

U.S. policymakers are ignoring some of the negative trade-offs of current trade policy to the detriment of American global leadership.

A photovoltaic cell is shown at Elin Energys solar panel manufacturing facility.

October 1, 2024

Trade
The Trade Challenge, With Edward Alden and Ana Swanson (Election 2024, Episode 3)

Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the CFR and the Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, and Ana Swanson, a trade and international economics journalist at the New Yor…

Podcast Cars awaiting export at the Port of Nanjing in Nanjing, China, on August 6, 2024. Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

April 18, 2024

European Union
Trends in International Trade: A Conversation With Valdis Dombrovskis

The European Commission’s Executive Vice President and Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, discusses the trends and shocks affecting international trade, the value-added of multilateralism, a…

Play Portrait of Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis with American and European Union's flags in the background.

November 7, 2024

United States
World Reacts to Trump Win, Israel’s Gaza Aid Deadline Nears, Azerbaijan’s Climate Summit, and More

World leaders express hopes for cooperation with the United States after former President Donald Trump’s comeback election win; Israel faces a deadline to increase humanitarian aid into the Gaza Stri…

Podcast U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Lancaster Airport in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on November 03, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images