Ursula von der Leyen is trying to ensure that if the international trading system is remade, the E.U. is at the center of what comes next.
Category: World Trade Organization
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The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned.
Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change without time to adjust.
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal
Free trade has been so beneficial to so many countries that the world may find a way to live without its biggest player.
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Trump Blocked America’s Front Door to China. Now He’s Closing Back Doors.
The U.S. tariffs on transshipment countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are so steep that they could force a major reassessment of global supply chains.
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China Will Face at Least 54 Percent Tariffs With Trump’s New Order
The 34 percent tariff announced on Wednesday is in addition to two rounds of import taxes the president already imposed since January.
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Why China Is Worried About Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico
China’s exports to developing markets have soared, opening indirect routes to the U.S. market that officials in Beijing worry may be closed under pressure from President Trump.
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Trump Expands Trade Threats in Global Game of Chicken
Trade wars with allies could spiral as the president tries to get trading partners to back down from retaliation with new threats of his own.
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How Trump’s One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy
In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.
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What Happens to Global Trade If ‘the W.T.O. Is Toast’?
President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s.
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Trump Announces ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Across the Globe
The president said advisers would devise new tariff levels reflecting countries’ tariffs, taxes, subsidies and other policies affecting trade with the United States.
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Trump Announces ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Across the Globe
The president said advisers would devise new tariff levels reflecting countries’ tariffs, taxes, subsidies and other policies affecting trade with the United States.
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Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates
Amid warnings of price increases, Canada moved quickly to retaliate, China said it had planned countermeasures, and Mexico said it would soon unveil its response.