International Trade

Trade restrictions are a common theme on campaign trails, and the general public is often suspicious of the net benefits of trade. Are these suspicions warranted? Would countries be better off if they were fully self-sufficient?

In this episode of EconoFact Explains, we explore how trade benefits society — consumers, companies, and workers — but creates winners and losers, too.

 

Related content:

 

Memos:

• Steel Tariffs and U.S. Jobs Revisited
• The Role of Shipping in World Trade

Podcasts:

• Trade and Jobs: Who Loses, Who Adapts and Who Pays?
• A Brief History of International Trade (And Why It Matters Today)