…US trade deficit is the result of much more than just imports from China. The following chart shows which of the world’s other countries are contributing to the US’s trade…

…most ardent free traders, the late U.S. Rep. Robert Matsui (D-Calif.), who led the Democratic House effort to pass NAFTA, described why Fast Track was unacceptable: “Trade is no longer…

…Great Tradeoff: Confronting Moral Conflicts in the Era of Globalization: Facts, by themselves, will never definitely resolve the arguments over the effects of trade and investment on inequality or economic…

…capital and labor can be costlessly shifted from sector to sector. Sectors differ only in capital intensity. Trade affects wages and the return on capital. Protection by a capital rich…

The division of labor is limited by the extent of the market. The model is a modified version of the simplified Romer 90 model. The modification is that there is…

Exaggerated Benefits for U.S. Farmers from the China Trade News How gullible is Reuters? China will likely hit $50 billion in purchases of U.S. agricultural products, U.S. President Donald Trump…

…yen, and the loan repaid. As long as the funding currency had not appreciated in value, the trader would profit from the difference in returns. A profitable carry trade, however,…

Commenter RJS, MarketWatch 666 on the Goods and Services Trade Deficit. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 5, 2021 Our trade deficit rose 1.9% in January, as both the…

…competition and believes that we can make manufacturing great again if we force foreigners to stop running trade surpluses. And to be fair, America’s move into persistent trade deficits, which…

…on US goods worth billions of dollars, stoking fears of a global trade war. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 200% tariff on alcohol from EU countries unless…