US announces new tariffs over forced labour concerns
The US has announced new tariffs of 10-12.5% on dozens of countries accounting for almost all its imports over concerns they are not doing enough to tackle forced labour. It…
Trump’s Tariff-and-Tax Strategy Is Bringing Manufacturing Home
In May, the ISM manufacturing index breached the magic 50 mark for the fifth straight month, signaling expansion across America’s factory floor. The latest reading came in at a robust…
Ambassador Jamieson Greer: Trade theory must catch up with tariffs, industrial policy, and the costs of globalization
Ambassador Jamieson Greer published an article in the June issue of the International Monetary Fund’s Finance & Development Magazine calling for the economics profession to revisit its assumptions and develop…
Why Europe must embrace tariffs
Sorry folks, the rules aren’t coming to save you. Since the game has changed, so must the strategy. Which for the EU means turning to trade barriers — and tariffs….
EU Moves To Protect Antibiotics From Asian Dominance; Aligning More With U.S.
Lawmakers from member states of the European Union agreed to measures last week to stop drug shortages and fix chronic Asian dependencies for critical medicines, this time spurred by worries…
EU Moves To Protect Antibiotics From Asian Dominance; Aligning More With U.S.
Lawmakers from member states of the European Union agreed to measures last week to stop drug shortages and fix chronic Asian dependencies for critical medicines, this time spurred by worries…
EU paves way to finalise US trade deal and avoid Trump tariff hike
EU agrees on reinforced suspension provisions, sunset clause Trump threatened ‘much higher tariffs’ if EU duty cuts not implemented by July 4 USTR warns EU must also address non-tariff barriers…
U.S. slaps duties on fresh Canadian mushrooms over subsidy claims
The United States has put countervailing duties on fresh mushrooms grown in Canada following a U.S. Department of Commerce investigation which the Canadian industry has called “deeply flawed.” The change,…
America’s AI Boom Has a Trade Policy Blind Spot
U.S. imports of data center equipment reached $653 billion in 2025, more than double their 2020 level. That total breaks into two distinct supply chains: nearly $580 billion in computing…
Shrimp trade war tensions ratcheted higher
Ecuador’s shrimp industry is urging its country’s government to implement retaliatory trade measures against Brazilian vehicle makers as part of efforts to overturn what producers describe as a “prolonged and…