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December 19, 2024

Economics
Future of Tariffs and Trade

Brad W. Setser, CFR’s Whitney Shepardson senior fellow, leads the conversation on the influence of tariffs on global trade and the price of U.S. goods, and what to expect from the second Trump admini…

Play Cars in a lot

December 4, 2024

Economics
RealEcon Welcomes Dr. Sadek Wahba To Discuss Global Infrastructure Investment

The strategic stakes of infrastructure have risen in recent years with the emergence of new technologies and competing visions for connectivity such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Dr. Sadek Wah…

Jonathan Hillman and Dr. Sadek Wahba

December 12, 2024

Latin America
Mercosur: South America’s Fractious Trade Bloc

Three decades after its founding, Latin America’s largest trade bloc continues to seek new global agreements. The recent conclusion of a deal with the European Union could help, but it faces roadbloc…

A truck driver waits to unload his cargo of cereal grain at a rail terminal in Brazil.

December 18, 2024

RealEcon
Trump Will Be His Own Trade Czar

Expect chaos as an unpredictable president uses trade threats to pursue whatever unrelated issue he wishes.

An employee works on photovoltaic modules destined for export at a factory in Sihong, China, on Sept. 3.

December 11, 2024

RealEcon
The Future of Trade in an Era of Disruption

Edward Alden’s speech on October 28, 2024, at the Yeutter Institute for International Trade and Finance at the University of Nebraska provides parameters and principles for future trade policy.

Edward Alden speaks at the Yeutter Symposium

September 18, 2024

Infrastructure
Reporting on Infrastructure Investment

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, adjunct senior fellow in the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses the state of American infrastructure since the passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…

Play Florida Keys Overseas Highway (Reuters Connect)

December 16, 2024

RealEcon
Repealing the IRA Has Trade-offs, Tweaking It Has Advantages

With over a third of the Inflation Reduction Act’s funding set to expire by the end of Donald Trump’s next term, Congress should prioritize the legislation’s most impactful initiatives: manufacturing…

A worker builds a crate for solar panels at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022.

December 19, 2024

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Soaring Abuse of “National Security” Exceptions Has Wrecked the Multilateral Trading System

Since 2019, there has been a massive surge in “National Security” notifications at the WTO. Many of these are covers for rank protectionism.

Soaring Abuse of “National Security” Exceptions Has Wrecked the Multilateral Trading System

November 4, 2024

RealEcon
Trade Protection Without Trade Promotion: Why Tightening Trade Rules Alone Would Not Strengthen U.S. Economic Security

Defensive protectionist measures should be balanced with offensive trade promotion, ensuring access to global markets and competitiveness with China in the Indo-Pacific.

Shipping containers are seen at the port of Barcelona, Spain, October 3, 2024.

September 30, 2024

China
Why Is China Investing In a $1.7 Billion Canal in Cambodia?

The Funan Techo Canal is the latest in a string of flashy Chinese investments in Cambodia. How did Cambodia, a lower-middle-income nation of 17.5 million people, become a focal point of Chinese forei…

A man attends the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Funan Techo Canal Logistics System Project in Kandal province, Cambodia, August 5, 2024.