For decades, the liberal belief that open trade fosters peace has shaped US foreign policy. It worked while US security ...

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer left Washington last week. Making the case for a U.S.-U.K. Trade agreement should have been at the top of his agenda, but any discussion of trade was unfortunately ...

The World Cup and a review of the USMCA trade deal mean 2026 will be a pivotal year for North America. Donald Trump’s ...

When President Donald Trump announced a barrage of punishing tariffs on April 2—“Liberation Day”—he promised a new “golden age” for America where “jobs and factories will come roaring back into our ...

Asia's rapid rise as a global economic powerhouse has been significantly driven by free trade agreements (FTAs), such as the RCEP and CPTPP. These FTAs have facilitated market access, investment and ...

The Biden administration likes to distinguish between “traditional free trade agreements” and its “21st century trade framework.” Late last week, this match-up was brought into sharp relief. On ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have unleashed an unprecedented burst of free trade agreements and negotiations towards them by partners seeking to offset potential ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover globalization and international economic policy. Blaming “free trade” as the root cause of domestic social ills makes it ...

This week, President-elect Donald Trump told reporters that "tariff" is "the most beautiful word in the dictionary" and claimed that tariffs would "make our country rich." All of that is standard ...

Although those earlier deals — especially the North American Free Trade Agreement — were aggressively promoted by a previous Democratic president, Bill Clinton, the current administration believes ...

Mr. Lighthizer, the author of “No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking On China, and Helping America’s Workers,” was the U.S. trade representative in the first Trump administration. The ...