Insights (Filter: US)
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A Biden Win Won’t Fix the World Trade System
By: David HenigA US Presidential election always exerts quite a hold on the political world’s attention, but not often with personal stakes as high as they seem...
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Time Is Running Out to Address Trade Frictions. For Effective WTO Reform to Happen, the US, EU and China Need to Live Up to Their Responsibilities
All three of the WTO’s functions - administering multilateral trade rules, serving as a forum for trade negotiations, and providing a mechanism to...
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‘Appetite for Friction’ – Trump Policy Towards China
According to Frank Lavin, former US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, ‘trade negotiations should focus on managing what’s good...
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Risks to the EU from a US-China Trade Agreement
By: Sherman KatzAfter the United States imposed $250billion of tariffs on Chinese goods based on its determination, under U.S. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974,...
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What Does the Future Hold for US Trade Policy?
By: Alice PoidevinLast year was a difficult year for free trade and the international rules-based system. No doubt the US played an important role in this: It...
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Huawei, Which Way? Perceptions and US-China Relations
By: Stephen RangerFollowing the global financial crisis in 2008, the G-2 framework of a global strategic partnership was seen among observers as the way forward for...
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The WTO is a Disaster. Really?
By: Roderick AbbottDear Mr President, I have heard that you called the World Trade Organisation (WTO) “a disaster for America”, and would like to suggest with...
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US Import Tariffs on Steel Threaten the US Economy
By: Hanna DeringerTwo weeks ago, the US Department of Commerce released its long-awaited Section 232 reports on steel and aluminum. The reports presented the US...
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A US Retreat from TPP: What Does Services Trade Tell Us?
During last weekend’s summit meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Peru, President Obama made the case that failure to sign on to TPP would...
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Can Europe Shape the Peaceful Rise of China? Working through the AIIB
By: Stephen RangerThe old adage was that the future of Asia would be Europe’s past, yet Europe’s role in the region’s future has often been given little...
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Time to Resist Dovish Temptations?
Tags: USOn Thursday, the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates for the first time in nine years (figure 1). However, this decision is still surrounded...