Global trade policy is in poor health. The relevance and integrity of the WTO have been eroded. Trade wars and commercial frictions have replaced the past spirit of gradually expanding the scope for...

In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks to Johan Norberg, a leading advocate of globalisation and author of Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. His latest book, which has only...

The trade answer to the coronavirus crisis has been a mix of openness and protectionism. Countries have lowered import duties (examples here, here, and here), imposed export restrictions (here and...

The world of trade will change for ever. Globalisation is dead. Supply chains will become shorter, and less complex. The nation state is back. Except for China, which is in big trouble. That’s a...

Fredrik Erixon talks to Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School, about her new book "The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules...

Fredrik Erixon talks to Dalibor Rohac, a Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. During the discussion they try to answer why are we experiencing a reverse in economic globalisation and...

Fredrik Erixon talks to Johan Norberg, a writer, a broadcaster and an author of his recent book Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. Norberg is also one of the leading advocates of...

By Melina Kolb, Digital Communications Manager at the Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute recently experimented with creating its first longform online feature...