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Ottawa seems utterly unprepared for a trade war with the United States. The recent federal budget upholding equity values is noble, but won’t mean a thing if the government runs out of cash.
A conciliatory tone from the prime minister but Boris Johnson and Michael Gove continue to cause problems.
President Trump says ‘trade wars are good,’ but history tells a very different story.
China supplies just 2% of America’s steel, while Canada and Europe have sizeable shares and Australian steel producers depend on access to US markets.
The president’s tariffs on steel and China mirror the misguided trade policies that helped precipitate the Great Depression.
Leaving the EU single market and customs union cannot be compensated for by free trade agreements with other countries.
The idea that the US is historically a free trading country is a myth. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
Donald Trump has described NAFTA as the worst trade deal ever signed by the United States. As NAFTA talks continue, here’s what Canada and Mexico can do if the unthinkable happens.
The North American Free Trade Agreement forced Mexico into a crisis that turned into an opportunity. Could the same happen again?
The UK’s best prospects for a favourable trade agreement with China are to be found by remaining within the EU.
Trump touted his administration’s economic successes and laid out his immigration plan in an 80-minute speech to Congress. Our experts weigh in.
The contestation of Asia will continue this year, with many countries facing internal and external battles.
Raising the cost of solar panels coming to the US could rekindle interest in a simple but potentially significant technology: solar reflectors.
It will be the private remarks between senior Australian business leaders and foreign investors at Davos that will likely be the most consequential for the Australian economy in the coming few years.
The new TPP means fewer barriers for Australian exports, but there a number of loose ends – not least if the United States decides to rejoin.
Congress is drafting the 2018 farm bill, which will guide agriculture, nutrition, trade and rural development policy. A former agriculture secretary explains how this bill reaches far beyond farms.
Instead of treating the Trump administration as a campaign adversary, Canada needs to start working with the United States to renegotiate a NAFTA that serves both countries, not regimes like China.
We asked four of our regular economics writers to examine a key theme they expect to flare up in 2018 and why.
The astronomic rise of the price of bitcoin over the past 12 months raises fears that the cryptocurrency is set to crash which could see many people lose money.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in EU and International Economic Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Former Foundation Professor of Animal Welfare, University of Queensland, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath
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Lecturer in History, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Aston University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
