October 5, 2020
Michael Klein (EconoFact), and Kadee Russ (UC Davis) discuss the current landscape of international trade, its winners and losers, and trade policies.
February 6, 2020
The 2018 tariffs raised domestic steel prices, putting downstream U.S. manufacturing firms at a disadvantage relative to foreign competition.
January 28, 2020
There is room for some reasonable amendments to the WTO’s dispute settlement and to rules relating to developing countries. Net benefits are unclear.
January 15, 2020
U.S. agricultural exports to China fell from 2017 to 2018 and remained depressed in 2019. The government provided unprecedented levels of support to farmers.
November 24, 2019
Michael Klein (Tufts) and Marc Melitz (Harvard) discuss the employment costs of tariffs and the broader disruption they can cause for integrated supply chains.
October 29, 2019
Firms that export tend to be more productive, and often pay higher wages. Given these characteristics, should helping more firms export be a goal for policy?
October 10, 2019
Costs imposed by tariffs go beyond the direct dollar-price increases on targeted goods. Evolving estimates range in value depending on what they take into account.
September 4, 2019
A discussion on why the difference between the value of goods imported and exported between one country and another should not be a central concern for trade policy.
August 5, 2019
A strong dollar makes U.S. goods more expensive in foreign markets while making it more difficult for U.S. producers to compete with cheap imports.