…banks. But the banks themselves are largely staying put. Why? Global chinese capital See charts for China Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs Couple of points: 1. Currency manipulation is…
by Rebecca Wilder The Customs Administration announced record trade flows in and out of China in December. Specifically, exports grew at a 17.7% annual pace, while imports surged 55.9% over…
Robert Waldmann Has a thought about how to get votes for a cap and trade bill in the Senate without giving a windfall to incumbent polluters. The problem is that…
Cactus’s thoughts on taxes got me to thinking about trade, and the purpose of trade. Behavioral economists tried this experiment with people in face to face trade situations. Of course…
I always like this query from AB: Speaking of trade, wandering through the grocery store today, I noticed that they were selling tax software. This naturally lead me to wonder…
The US trade deficit hit a record high of $60bn in November. That means that the US imported $60bn more of goods than it exported that month. This is a…
…what organizations? Via Alternet comes a note in TISA, a trade agreement that tries to frame itself in the private/government rhetoric, but we need to substitute ‘free’ for ‘managed’ trade…
…on Trump’s big trade speech, in which he pledged to rip up our trade deals with his large and powerful hands and to bring manufacturing roaring back. As Irwin notes,…
…trade battle between our two nations, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017’s States Most Affected by Trade War with Mexico. In order to gauge the impact…
…now ended, but its legacy is still visible in trade statistics. Specifically, PR runs, on paper, a huge trade surplus in pharmaceuticals – $30 billion a year, almost half the…