US-China Trade War: What Has Happened and What Does it Mean?
On Friday, May 10, trade talks between the US and China were abruptly halted with the imposition of $200 billion USD of tariffs on Chinese goods. The Chinese retaliated a More
Wilkommen: Erdogan and the Search for Economic Alliances
Turkish President Recep Erdoğan landed in Berlin on last Thursday to kick off a 3 day state visit to Germany. This is the first of its kind since Erdoğan became More
“It’s Trade, Stupid!”: Don’t Forget Brexit
The post-war history of global trade has so far been like a cheery fairy-tale. Even as multilateral trade liberalization froze from the Doha round onwards, the proliferation of preferential trade More
Populism Meets Protectionism: Trump Overlooks the Dark Past of Protectionism
On March 1st, President Trump tweeted, “Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad policy with countries from around the More
Export Promotion and Import Substitution in Brazil
A Case Study of Demand and Supply side Constraints
Shifts in Bangladesh’s Economy
Examining trends from 1994-2014