German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled the possibility of finalizing a free trade agreement between the European Union ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signaled the possibility of a landmark EU-India free trade agreement by January's end. This ...

Discover Frederic Bastiat's influence as a 19th-century economist known for critiquing protectionism and promoting free trade ...

Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody ...

Free trade is in trouble. That’s hardly startling news when the U.S. has an avowed protectionist in the White House, but the problem runs deeper than it may at first appear. Start with the distinction ...

Too many of the arguments against protectionism don’t have a good answer for failures that make free trade feel like it has taken more from the working class than it has given. Since “liberation day,” ...

Free trade is in trouble. That’s hardly startling news when the U.S. has an avowed protectionist in the White House, but the problem runs deeper than it may at first appear. Start with the distinction ...

Free trade is in trouble. That’s hardly startling news when the U.S. has an avowed protectionist in the White House, but the problem runs deeper than it may at first appear. Start with the distinction ...

President Trump’s latest moves include a 10% tariff on all imports from China, a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, and reciprocal tariffs on Canada and Mexico that could reach as high as 25%. These ...

Protectionism is a vibe, not an argument. Its exponents hold a series of positions that are more esthetic than empirical. They don’t like cheap goods. They don’t like the corporate suits whom they ...

Free trade is in trouble. That’s hardly startling news when the U.S. has an avowed protectionist in the White House, but the problem runs deeper than it may at first appear. Start with the distinction ...