There were two news releases this morning related to international trade. First, the BEA reported on the November trade deficit: The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic…

…we lower tariffs on imports from Central America. If so, we may have a case of what Jacob Viner called trade-diverting effects. While I am an advocate of free trade,…

…to the March trade deficit, before seasonal adjustments. The story remains the same: housing is hot, the trade deficit grows, and global imbalances worsen. Dr. Setser commented on this trend:…

On his Monday version of China bashing, Lou Dobbs interviewed Tim Ryan, a member of the Congressional Manufacturing Caucus. Lou twice said that trading with China represented “idiotic policies”. Trade…

…Bhagwati has expressed concern about John Kerry’s rhetoric on trade and outsourcing. Dan asks the following question of Kerry supporters who also are for free trade: if Kerry were to…

…the Kerry campaign has said about trade in some of the primaries, we are concerned that Sen Kerry will move US away from trade integration.’ To which I say, well,…

International Trade Hits a New Group There an interesting discussion going on on Brad DeLong’s blog about outsourcing to foreign countries. DeLong discusses international trade in general in a nice…

…the claim is useless. The fact that there is a non free trade policy does not mean it would be implemented if the pro free trade dogma were relaxed. I…

World Trade weakens in Early 2014, Wall Street Journal: Weakening world trade is something to watch according to Michael Pettis. “… redistributing income downwards is easier said than done in…

…trade. His actions are based on three primitive fallacies. First, Trump thinks that America runs trade deficits with countries like China and Germany because the US is being swindled by…