Until now, financial markets have adopted a complacent "wait and see" approach when considering the prospects for the Trump 2.0 trade policy. However, the hope the new Administration's bark would be worse than its bite has been dashed with the imposition of high tariffs on the nation's three largest trading partners. Markets should now contemplate [...]
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After USMCA, Taking Aim at China?
11 October 2018 After years of describing NAFTA as "the worst trade deal in history", the Trump Administration along with Canada and Mexico signed the US Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). The White House, naturally, hails the accord as a historic triumph for American workers and farmers. Critics view the deal as a simple rebranding of [...]
NAFTA Renegotiations
Peterson IIE NAFTA When you want to know about NAFTA, there is no better place to look than the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Here's a great, recent assessment.
Life After Brexit: What are the UK’s Options Outside the EU
The London School of Economics has published this very useful guide to some of the UK's options for their future trading relationship with the European Union. Brexit Options