Trade

U.S.-China trade deal will hurt Germany, Brazil — coronavirus is wildcard

    “New US-China trade agreement to hurt Germany and Brazil” IFW Kiel   German exporters will be particularly affected from the implementation of the Phase I trade agreement between the USA and China which has now come into force. As a result of trade diversion, Germany’s exports of goods to China are likely to […]

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USMCA: A victory for American workers, needlessly delayed by petty politics

    By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor   On Wednesday. January 29th, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) into law, at long last replacing the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trump called it “…the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries […]

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Canada should move swiftly on UK trade deal

    “Missing a Post-Brexit Trade Opportunity” Courtesy of Frontier Centre for Public Policy   Brexit uncertainty is no more, following the election of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with the largest Conservative majority since 1987. Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement will be passed in the House of Commons and the United Kingdom […]

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Future EU, global trade deals will be harder than Brexiters think

  “Britain has not yet faced its hard choices” By Daniel Wincott, courtesy of UK in a Changing Europe   ‘Global Britain’ is the ultimate goal for many Brexiters. They see new, tailored trade deals around the world as Brexit’s great prize. Fast-growing economies, including India, China and Brazil, feature prominently.   Critics counter that increasing […]

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TES Weekly Update: Trump takes the keys back from California

And it will save American car buyers thousands of dollars…   Donald Trump’s move to revoke the waiver that allowed California to set its own vehicle fuel efficiency and emissions standards generated an entirely predictable wave of self-righteous indignation from the left, who portray it as an act of federal eco-tyranny, suddenly rediscovering their love […]

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Bolsonaro can remake South America’s economic landscape – with some help

    While opponents focus exclusively on his controversial statements and eccentric attitudes, of which there is no shortage, the election of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last year still holds out real hope of major, positive reforms in South America’s troubled giant. Several new commentaries, coinciding with talk of a trade deal, outline the upsides […]