Protectionism

GENEVA (AP) — Global commerce will lose its ultimate umpire Tuesday, leaving countries unable to reach a final resolution of disputes at the World Trade Organization and instead facing what critics call “the law of the jungle.’’ The United States, under a pr…

We now have a manufacturing recession. Paul Krugman correctly explains why: Paul Krugman: Manufacturing Aint Great Again. Why?https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/opinion/manufacturing-trump.html?emc=rss&partner=rss: 'Many of Trumps economic promises were o…

Tweet … is from pages 47-48 of Jagdish Bhagwatis 2002 book, Free Trade Today: But the perennial and persistent public-policy fights for free trade, in the end, were with protectionists who cared little about the size of the pie and more about their own slic…

P Chidambaram addressing the press in Jharkhand on Friday. (Photo: ANI)Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who recently walked out of Tihar Jail after being lodged there for 106 days, Friday appealed to Jharkhand voters to defeat the BJP in the state Assemb…

Its important to realize that Trumpian protectionism wasnt a response to a groundswell of public opinion. As best as I can tell from the endless series of interviews with white guys in diners who are, we all know, the only Americans who matter these voters ar…

Jeff Swensen / Stringer President Trump is suiting up to be "Tariff Man" once again. A year ago, Trump proclaimed himself a "Tariff Man" in a tweetstorm about the trade war with China. He raged about trading practices that threatened American prosperity and…

Former Union minister P Chidambaram.Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who was granted bail on Wednesday after spending 106 days in custody in the INX Media probe, expressed concerns over the economic slowdown in the country. Add…

The European Union's proposed "carbon border tax" on imports could introduce uncertain and harmful factors to otherwise friendly cooperation in climate talks, an adviser to China's negotiating team at a United Nations conference said on Wednesday. The EU's …

Editor: Attempting to excuse Pres. Trumps economically misguided protectionism, Bobby Jindal – like a rabble-rousing populist from central casting – appropriately bellows out fallacies and slays straw men (Trump Wins the Populist Patriots, Dec. 3). Consider…

Since 1850, the U.S. has gone through cycles of protectionism and antitrust activity, but the two have never coincided until now. The U.S. has shifted markedly towards protectionist policy, increasing tariffs over the past 18 months while simultaneously launc…