Listen to Henry M. Paulson, U.S. secretary of the treasury, discuss the growing U.S.-India economic relationship in advance of his trip to India.

Listen to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss U.S.-Latin American relations, with specific regard to recent trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.

Listen to Bruce Stokes, international economics correspondent for the National Journal, and Edward Alden, the Council's Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, discuss changes in trade policy in a globalizing economy and the reaction among the U.S. public.

Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Council's Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, discuss U.S. trade policy as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.

Learn more about CFR's State and Local Officials Initiative.

Watch Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and former U.S. Ambassador to China J. Stapleton Roy discuss U.S.-Chinese trade relations in light of Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to the United States.

A profile of South America's largest trade bloc.

Most lawmakers agree corporate tax reform is an important step in improving U.S. global economic competitiveness, but a debate over rate levels and whether to tax foreign profits of multinationals remains unresolved.

Trade accounts for an increasing portion of the U.S. economy, and the Obama administration has embraced a ramped up export strategy. But debate persists over the merits of a vigorous free trade agenda.

The longstanding U.S.-South Korea alliance, created as a bulwark against a communist North Korea, has expanded to include tighter trade ties and cooperation on global issues from climate change to international development.

India's growing economic and political influence in Afghanistan has angered Pakistan, the traditional power there, and has experts worried that Afghanistan could become another battleground in the long-standing rivalry between South Asia's two giants.

Experts say graduating Russia from Cold War-era legislation linked to emigration and trade would be a step toward warming relations with Moscow.

The African Growth and Opportunity Act has boosted U.S.-Africa trade and is viewed favorably by economists. But experts say African states must build trade capacity to benefit fully.

China has grown into a trading giant, but recent concerns over the safety of Chinese food and drugs have increased worries that China's production may have outpaced the country's policing capacity.

Trade between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council has spiked in recent years, with potentially broad economic and geopolitical consequences.

A look at the basics of the North American Free Trade Agreement, its overall economic impact, and its effect on workers in the United States.