Editor’s Note: Katherine Tai has spent decades working on trade issues, including as U.S. Trade Representative in the Biden administration. She ushered in the first “worker-centered" trade policy in U ...

Discover Frederic Bastiat's influence as a 19th-century economist known for critiquing protectionism and promoting free trade ...

This article is based on a podcast recorded August 22, 2025, featuring a conversation on the complex world of international trade with WBD (UK) Partner Peter Snaith, WBD (US) Partner Alan Enslen, and ...

When President Donald Trump announced a barrage of punishing tariffs on April 2—“Liberation Day”—he promised a new “golden age” for America where “jobs and factories will come roaring back into our ...

BOSTON — The Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) will hold its second debate this year on Nov. 5, taking on a timely question: Will higher tariffs create a better future for the United ...

Mr. Irwin, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, worked on trade policy while on the staff of President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers. During the first game of this year’s World ...

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 ...

Thanks to its free trade policy, Morocco has undeniably become the economic bridge between Europe and Africa. While the results of this approach are well illustrated in the industrial sector, the ...

USPres George Bush and Fernando Collor de Mello of Brazil watch as Trade Reps. Carla Hills of the US and Paraguayan Forgn Minister Alexis Fruto, Argetine FM F Guido di Tella, Brazil's FM Hector Gros, ...