Protectionism

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged dozens of world leaders on Saturday to reject protectionism and invited more countries to participate in his global infrastructure project after seeking to ease concerns surrounding the programme. Addressing 37 leaders from…

from the protectionism-by-any-other-name dept A few months back Steven Spielberg had a "get off my lawn" moment in demanding that films from Netflix and other streaming services be excluded from Oscar contention. The sentiment isn't uncommon among old-school…

Tweet … is from chapter 3 of William Graham Sumners 1885 book, Protectionism: the -ism Which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth: The cities of Japan are built of very combustible material, and when a fire begins it is rarely arrested until the city is destroye…

China will create a business environment in which the value of knowledge is respected, said Xi Jinping. Making a clear pitch for a shared future that will ensure people of all countries live a better life, Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday said the One Bel…

BRUSSELS (AP) Japan and the European Union committed Thursday to fair and open trade and to respect rules-based international commerce in the face of what they see as increasing trade protectionism, particularly in the United States. At the talks in Brussels…

The China-funded Lotus Tower in central Colombo, Sri Lanka. Real estate projects around the city have been linked to China's Belt and Road Initiative. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images If Chinas globe-spanning, heavy-spending Belt and Road Initiative …

Increasing protectionism will slow down world trade and may dampen global economic growth. This column examines the global macroeconomic consequences of a major trade conflict between the US and China, and shows that the two countries would be the biggest los…

from the ill-communication dept We've long talked about the more than 750 towns, cities, and counties that have responded to US broadband market failure by building their own broadband networks. We've also talked at length about how data has shown these netw…

In theory, the Democratic Party is engaged in a debate about the merits of impeaching President Donald Trump right now. In practice, however, practically no high-profile Democrat is arguing that the president is undeserving of impeachment. Instead, many are a…

General consensus doesnt get much more general than U.S. and European economists nearly universal support for unrestricted trade and opposition to most or all forms of economic protectionism. More than 1,100 economists signed an open letter in May 2018 warn…