A study shows president-elect Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on Chinese, Mexican and Canadian imports will be a case of economic snakes and ladders for New Zealand. But bigger threats still loom.
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Canada and Mexico are two of America’s largest trading partners, and the tariff could have significant economic consequences for all three nations.
Amid Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, Canada should be asking how a liberal-democratic nation survives next to a much more powerful country with no respect for the rule of law.
US president-elect Donald Trump promised his supporters that tariffs would rise on all products under his administration. What impact could this have on the French wine industry?
If Canada is prepared to leave Mexico behind in trade negotiations with the U.S., Canadian officials should be prepared for Mexico to do the same. In Trump 2.0, a united front might make more sense.
We may have to get used to hearing a whole lot more of Donald Trump’s favourite word. So how exactly do tariffs work – and who pays them?
The US and others have been shifting the rules of the global free trade system for years. New Zealand can’t ignore the risks much longer.
Whoever’s governing Canada in the next four years must prepare for how to respond to — and preferably, pre-empt —Donald Trump’s rhetoric and ensuing actions to preserve and promote Canadian interests.
What will those who elected Donald Trump expect him to achieve and what will be his priorities? An expert analysis.
The use of national tariffs in the US began in 1791, led by Alexander Hamilton, and grew throughout the 19th century, in what became known to many as the American System.
The past two administrations had vastly different records, and past is likely to be a prologue this year.
Research suggests that tariffs can increase dependence on foreign manufacturing.
Last week’s lifting of tariffs on lobster brought a particularly nasty chapter in Australia-China trade relations to a close. But zooming out paints a more sobering picture of global trade.
Australia would be among the countries that would suffer most from what Trump is proposing, after the US and China.
China is South Africa’s biggest opportunity for agricultural exports.
The choice of Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate will help Donald Trump. One reason has to do with an ideological shift in the American electorate; the other relates to Trump’s personality.
A proposed tariff on electric vehicles may serve its purpose, but fundamental issues with EVs will remain.
For the past half century, successive US governments have championed free trade. But do they practice what they preach?
The early timing of Biden’s move, changing supply chains and national security fears suggest the tariffs might work this time, at least for a while.
The US president is ramping up tariffs on Chinese-made products, including a 100% border tax on electric cars.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Trade, Adelaide University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong