The president launched a trade war largely on the premise of a massive trade deficit with China. A closer look at the iPhone shows why he's wrong.
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The motorcycle maker angered Trump after it said it plans to move some production overseas to avoid EU tariffs – just a few months after the president praised the company for being a 'true American icon.'
Trump has often talked about leaving the World Trade Organization. An economist explains what it is and what would happen if the president had his way.
International trade policy requires three traits to be successful and lead to mutual prosperity. Trump's is missing all three, as he showed at the G-7 summit.
A political scientist and economist explores the causes and consequences of Trump's scattershot trade policy.
The Trump administration wants China to cut its trade deficit with the US by more than half. An economist explains why that's not going to happen.
Politicians and economists call for emissions cuts while also embracing free trade – they can't have it both ways.
The administration embraces mercantilism, an ideology with few adherents.
Chinese exports to the US grew rapidly during the quarter, but it could be a very different picture next time around.
Trump, who withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership when he became president, briefly appeared to consider joining the trade accord again.
As the US celebrates Wine Day, China's young winemakers are a reminder of the power and value of cameraderie and cooperation in this age-old industry.
Bill Shorten has proposed tripling penalties for dumping cheap overseas products like steel into the Australian market. But this proposal suggests a failure to understand dumping and its regulation.
To really show its pro-trade colours, Australia's government should stop flirting with Trump's new anti-trade wave.
There's a good reason China took aim at US soybean exports when it announced its latest list of retaliatory tariffs.
A closer look at the US-China trade relationship shows why Trump's 'targeted' tariffs are likely to hurt American workers and businesses as well.
President Trump's new tariffs suggest he doesn't understand why American steel and aluminum have been hurt in the first place.
A global trade war seems well underway as China and the US exchange targeted tariff attacks. An economist explains what they are, how they work and why they matter.
The minor party vote in Australia is historically high and growing, as trust in the bigger parties slides away.
President Trump says 'trade wars are good,' but history tells a very different story.
The president's tariffs on steel and China mirror the misguided trade policies that helped precipitate the Great Depression.
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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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Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics, Monash University
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J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW
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Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Deputy Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Fellow of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University
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Lecturer in History, University of Exeter
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Amitrajeet A. Batabyal is a Friend of The Conversation.
Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor, NYU Shanghai and Fundação Dom Cabral, NYU Shanghai
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Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women's University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University Newark
