Recent discussions about international trade have centered on the United States’ economic relationships with Canada and Mexico, particularly regarding trade deficits. Claims suggest that the United ...

For decades, the liberal belief that open trade fosters peace has shaped US foreign policy. It worked while US security ...

Debates over world trade often conflate two distinct issues. The first is how to expand the efficiencies that occur when international trade is broadly balanced and countries are able to benefit from ...

One area in which economists typically speak with one voice is international trade. They have been staunch advocates of free trade dating back to Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Throughout the post-war ...

Japan is actively pursuing new free trade agreements to enhance its economic security and resilience against a hostile global trade environment, having already established major FTAs covering 80 per ...

Often overlooked by trendspotters chasing the big business angle of the moment, special economic zones (SEZs) have long been cornerstones of international trade. Also known as free trade zones (FTZs) ...

As economic security policies gain ground across major APEC economies, the forum has remained largely silent on the issue. While framed as national security, these policies often undermine the liberal ...

TOKYO — Leaders of the European Union and Japan launched an alliance Wednesday aimed at boosting economic cooperation, defending free trade and countering unfair trade practices as the two sides face ...

Journal of International Economic Integration, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1992), pp. 102-112 (11 pages) The U.S. economy, which has experienced huge trade deficits in 1980s, on the one hand, has launched ...

Globalization’s first age some 200 years ago sheds light on today’s turn toward economic nationalism The “first age” of globalization was beset by contradictions. In the 60 years or so before World ...

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