The Costs of Tariffs (VIDEO)
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.
Trade
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.
July 30, 2019
Is there, in fact, an association between the decline of traditional manufacturing and the rise of the populism embodied by Donald Trump?
July 11, 2019
A weaker yuan softens the impact of U.S. tariffs on Chinese exports. But economic factors in China and the U.S. contribute to the change in the exchange rate.
May 30, 2019
Jeffry Frieden, Professor of Government at Harvard University discusses his research on county-level voting patterns in the 2016 U.S. elections
May 14, 2019
U.S. consumers and the firms that make and buy goods subject to tariffs can all pay a portion of the tariff cost. Determining how much is an empirical question.