free trade

“I think free trade has been dead and probably been dead for a while and isn't looking good for any time in the near future,” said Chad Bown, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Biden wants to use trade policy to advance racial equity, fight climate change and take on China’s “coercive” trade practices.

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement creates a $3.4 trillion economic bloc covering over a billion people.

But there are still obstacles ahead.

As part of the ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States and Mexico have tentatively agreed to new higher labor standards. One provision that has automakers’ attention requires 40-45 percent of a car be made by workers earning at least $16 per hour. The goal is to incentivize car companies […]

Japan trade talks are set to open today in Washington, D.C. for the first bilateral trade meeting since President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership last year. It’s a high level meeting between Japanese Economic Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Negotiating a free trade agreement and tariffs […]

A conversation with Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of the Economist.

Dozens of African nations signed on to a new trade deal. Some key nations still have not.

The government's favoring of a Franco-Dutch bid to make the documents raises ire.