The world has given over much of its manufacturing supply chain to China. That has magnified vulnerability to a pandemic shock.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trade War: An After-Action Report
What was accomplished by two years of trade chaos and the subsequent ‘deals’? Not much.
Posted inTAP
Fake News: Trump’s Trade Deals
Today on TAP: Democrats, not Trump, should be winning on trade
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Dismal Forecasts of the Dismal Scientists
How economists keep getting things wrong and not learning from their mistakes
Posted inTAP
How Trump Became a Fake Champion of Mexican Labor Rights (Of All Things)
Today on TAP: The NAFTA deal hits a last-minute snag
Posted inTAP
Trump: The Art of the Trade Deal
Today on TAP: Trump’s China deal is a fraud but possibly a political winner
Posted inTAP
Democrats Prepare Articles of Impeachment, Support Trump’s NAFTA (Huh?)
Today on TAP: Even the AFL-CIO is on board with Trump’s USMCA
Posted inGreen New Deal
Turning Trade Green
The Green New Deal needs to replace corporate trade and industrial policies with ones that put people and the planet first.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Battle in Seattle
A look back at the origins of the 21st-century left
