Global Trade

A customer carries a box of lobsters that are imported from the U.S. at a seafood retailer at a fish market in Beijing, China, June 27, 2018. Picture taken June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1C6923C110

Is anyone winning the US-China trade war?

David Dollar, Joseph Parilla, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray (C), Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (3rdR), White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow (3rdR-standing) and Jesus Seade (R), Mexico's President-elect Obrador's representative in trade negotiations look on as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) announces a deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1E94C10BA0

The US and Mexico make NAFTA progress, but where’s Canada?

Monday, August 27, 2018

"What I suspect matters most for firms considering investing in Mexico is stable, predictable, comprehensive access to the North American market, more so than the right to bring [investor-state dispute settlement] cases."

Wall Street Journal August 26, 2018

Cars to be exported sit at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. REUTERS/Stringer - RC1BE44D4870

New tariffs escalate the US-China trade war

David Dollar

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Steel pipes waiting to be loaded and transferred to the port are seen at a steel mill in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China March 19, 2018. Picture taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Muyu Xu - RC1CB23F00A0

Wessel’s Economic Update: Are Trump’s tariffs hurting the US economy?

David Wessel

Friday, August 17, 2018

An account executive at the stock exchange works on his computer in the Invercasa building in Managua, Nicaragua November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas - RC12123BB790

A digital trade policy for Latin America and the Caribbean

Joshua P. Meltzer

Thursday, August 16, 2018

The YM Bamboo, a container ship operated by the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) is docked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California January 14, 2011. Chinese President Hu Jintao will bring new business deals and possible commitments to buy U.S. beef and software when he visits Washington next week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Friday. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E71F0XG601

As the trade war worsens, the trade deficit increases

David Dollar

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

How Africa’s historic free trade agreement will change the continent

Witney Schneidman, Landry Signé, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

FILE PHOTO: People walk at the entrance of Ecobank building in Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 4, 2018. Picture taken June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo - RC1745900630

Figure of the week: Exploring economic growth spillover channels in Africa

Amy Copley

Friday, August 10, 2018

A man rides a bicycle past containers at a port in Shanghai in this December 10, 2008 file picture. Seemingly effortlessly, China has amassed the world's biggest stockpile of foreign exchange reserves, is overtaking Germany as the biggest exporting nation and now has a car market bigger than America's. Picture taken December 10, 2008. To match Special Report DAVOS/CHINA-GROWTH REUTERS/Aly Song/Files (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E61K0PTG01

Product space analysis and industrial policy: Identifying potential products for India’s export expansion & diversification

Harsha Vardhana Singh, Ketan Gupta, Reena Sudan, and Ramandeep Singh

Friday, August 10, 2018