Trade wars are symptoms of underlying economic problems rather than their cause.
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Presidents Xi and Trump agreed to restart trade talks at the G-20, but even if a major deal is reached, US companies would still have a very hard time doing business in China.
Trump believes the money Americans spend on Chinese imports like the iPhone goes straight into China’s pockets. In reality, China gets very little value from it.
Donald Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Is he right?
Growing fears of a US conflict with Iran show why the kind of unilateral sanctions the Trump administration imposed last year don’t work.
US-China relations are fast deteriorating, leading to fears that a ‘cold war’ may be brewing. A China expert explains what’s motivating its behavior.
Trump claims the tariffs he’s imposed on imports from China and elsewhere are saving US industries and jobs. The data offers a murkier picture.
An economist explains why the US and Chinese governments are most likely to dig in their heels rather than find a compromise to end the costly trade conflict.
A new look at Renaissance paintings demonstrates the world has always been global.
Cities have not been central to public policy discussions on trade growth and diversification that are typically centred on trade pacts between countries. But cities are now driving a lot of trade.
The ‘thin green line’ of resistance against any new infrastructure for shipping oil, gas and coal abroad has won many battles.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old amber bead scam. But humans have been making fake jewels and icons for much longer than that.
A quarter-century ago, more than 100 nations agreed to engage in freer trade with one another and signed the declaration that established the World Trade Organization.
These are the five options for Brexit: Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, staying in the customs union, staying in the single market, the so-called Common Market 2.0 idea or a no-deal Brexit.
American companies still face enormous uncertainty about how they’ll be doing business in the UK and EU in the coming years, particularly as the April 12 Brexit deadline draws closer.
What is the Common Market 2.0 proposal, also known as Norway+ and what would it mean in practice?
Despite growing trade between the EU and India, talks stalled in 2013 after 16 rounds, only resuming in 2018. Some in Brussels blame Britain.
India does not have an official Africa policy, even though it has been engaging with the continent for over six decades.
The UK’s no-deal tariff plan was viewed in Dublin as a way to scare Brexiteers into supporting Theresa May’s deal.
Despite the growing role of data and technology in the world economy, there are very few rules to govern digital trade.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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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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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath
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Adjunct Professor in Animal Welfare, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in EU and International Economic Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong