Despite their overwhelming success as trade partners, the U.S. and Mexico face a new generation of obstacles in their border region. This Wilson Center report explores those obstacles.

Tyler Cowen points out that America has three things going for it, export-wise: computerization is making manufacturing wages irrelevant; fracking technology is addressing energy issues; and an increasingly wealthy rest of the world can afford to buy American goods.

Foreign Policy's Clyde Prestowitz writes that the United States shouldn't pretend China is interested in free trade. China's neo-mercantile policies have precedent in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Germany, and large portions of the rest of the world, he writes--why should China be avoiding the fiscal gray areas that have worked for others?

Every president asserts that the next trade treaty will turn America into an export powerhouse, but that's just not true, claims Michael Lind.

The Asia Society Task Force reviews the phenomenon of East Asian regionalism and offers policy-relevant suggestions for the Obama administration to renew and deepen engagement between the United States and Asia.

Battles in a bitterly divided Congress are rendering U.S. international economic policy impotent or counterproductive.

A team of economists finds damages to the U.S. labor market by Chinese imports to be graver than imagined.

National Journal's T.A. Frank reports on the overlooked US profits ranging from CareBear intellectual property remunerations to the tuition at a presitigious American University.

A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that the majority of Americans say free-trade pacts have hurt the United States and, in some states, it is a wedge issue for upcoming elections.

The Obama administration is bringing companies and jobs back to the U.S. to become more competitive in new clean-energy technologies.

This in-depth study of twelve producer, processing and consumer countries demonstrates that actions taken by governments, civil society and the private sector over the last ten years in response to illegal logging and related trade have been extensive and had a considerable impact.

Sharon LaFraniere interviews North Koreans on the dire situation of the state-run economy in North Korea in the aftermath of the November 30, 2009 currency devaluation.

President Barack Obama had his only trade request last year shot down by lawmakers. He may be lucky to get any through Congress this year as well.

This CRS paper argues that while the West has little leverage over North Korea, China and Russia can exert pressure on the country due to their extensive trade relationships with Pyongyang.

The United States Institute of Peace examines the impact of the recent redenomination of the won on the North Korean people and regime.

John W. Miller reports for the Wall Street Journal on the seventh World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Geneva. Miller explains why protectionism and the state of the global economy have made several nations "afraid" of a new international trade deal.

The U.S. Treasury secretary and the finance ministers from Indonesia and Singapore outline the steps needed to ensure robust trade between the United States and Asia and spur growth among APEC member states.

The Obama administration should offer African countries that govern well an opportunity to participate in reciprocal free trade agreements.

International Institute for Sustainable Development policy recommendations concerning trade and climate change.

Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland write that sanctions alone are not enough to force North Korea to relinquish its nuclear weapons, but that the United States and other countries can make an impact if they pursue North Korea's international financial intermediaries, such as China.