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WHY THE TPP WAS REVIVED WITHOUT DONALD TRUMP
The first is that they aren't Free Trade Agreements at all... READ MORE›
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TRUMP SPOKESMAN WALKS BACK ON IMPORT TAX IDEA AMID UPROAR JOKES
A similar tax on U.S. imports imposed by the Mexican government would make American goods more expensive in Mexico and their market shares would drop... READ MORE›
GLOBALISATION: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN IDEA THAT SWEPT THE WORLD
Globalisation can mean many things, but what lay in particular doubt was the long-advanced project of increasing free trade in goods across borders... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP JUST FORFEITED IN HIS FIRST FIGHT WITH CHINA
What we are saying, though, is that the era of big trade deals is over... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHAT THAT MEANS FOR AUSTRALIA
The poll showed almost half of Australian respondents said the country should distance itself from the United States if it elects a president like Mr Trump... READ MORE›
CHINA'S XI JINPING CALLS DONALD TRUMP FOR A TALK
Xi had congratulated Trump in a message delivered shortly after his surprise election victory last week... READ MORE›
CHINA, RUSSIA TO PUSH FOR FREE-TRADE AREA IN ASIA-PACIFIC
President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin met during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the South American city... READ MORE›
TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP WILL BARELY BENEFIT AUSTRALIA, SAYS WORLD BANK REPORT
It has said previously that it opposes investor-state dispute settlement procedures but agreed to them in the Korea and China free trade agreements... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP WILL STOP FUNDING UN CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS, SANCTUARY CITIES AND HALVE CORPORATION TAX
The most dangerous things Donald Trump wants to do within his first 100 days at the White House... READ MORE›
MERKEL ADMITS EUROPE-US FREE TRADE DEAL IS DEAD
Merkel admits Europe-US free trade deal is dead -- RT Business... READ MORE›
CHINA PLAYS THE ADULT AS TRUMP ATTACKS THE SYSTEM
This year, it's right-wing nationalists, including the American president-elect, who are giving Davos the cold shoulder... READ MORE›
CARGILL AT ODDS WITH TRUMP AS IT WARNS ON TRADE, IMMIGRATION
He also said trade protectionism risks creating food shortages and even sparking conflict... READ MORE›
CHINA EYES OPPORTUNITY AS US PULLS OUT OF TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
US withdrawal from a long-planned trade deal creates a political and economic vacuum that China is eager to fill... READ MORE›
TRUMP IMPACT: HOW WILL AMAZON FARE?
NRF strongly opposes new tariffs and supports TPP and other free trade agreements because retailers rely heavily on imported merchandise, he wrote... READ MORE›
US EXIT FROM TPP MAY OPEN THE DOOR TO CHINA
If the deal succeeds, China could become the center of a vast free trade area... READ MORE›
ASIA DOESN'T THINK TRUMP IS SERIOUS ABOUT RIPPING UP TRADE AGREEMENTS
Read more China is the big winner as Clinton, Trump disavow hard-fought Asia-Pacific trade deal Trump thinks China's leaders are smarter... READ MORE›
HOW DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING TO THE LEFT OF HILLARY CLINTON
Now, I'm no fan of Bernie Sanders, but he is 100 percent right, Trump told a crowd here this weekend... READ MORE›
GLOBAL ELITES STEP UP DEFENSE OF OPENNESS AS POPULISM RISES
Global policy makers are stepping up their resolve to combat an isolationist backlash that threatens to undermine years of opening borders to trade and investment... READ MORE›
ASIAN EXPORT NATIONS WARY DOLLAR BOOST GIVES TRUMP PRETEXT TO BEAT THEM
Asia's trade surpluses with the United States were firmly in Trump's sights during the election campaign... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S NAFTA REVAMP WOULD REQUIRE CONCESSIONS, MAY BORROW FROM TPP
Graphic showing trend in U.S. trade deficit, imports tmsnrt.rs 2gajLSa NAFTA's effect on U.S. jobs is disputed... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR THE AGES: PROTECTIONIST TRUMPONOMICS VS. NEOLIBERALISM
Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong... READ MORE›
THE INTERPRETER WHAT IS DONALD TRUMPS FOREIGN POLICY
President-elect Donald J. Trump will enter the White House having promised to radically alter United States foreign policy, with ramifications for Americans and the world... READ MORE›
WORLD ECONOMIC POWERS YIELD TO TRUMP, DROP PLEDGE TO FIGHT PROTECTIONISM
Canada took a middle approach in the talks, urging a statement supporting free trade but not taking a position on specific wording... READ MORE›
TPP UNRAVELS: WHERE THE 11 OTHER COUNTRIES GO FROM HERE
There are other regional integration initiatives still ongoing, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the proposal for a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific... READ MORE›
RUSSIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN FILL THE TRUMP TRADE GAP
Japan also wants to accelerate trade ties with Mercosur, the South American trading bloc, Abe said on a visit to Buenos Aires on Nov. 21... READ MORE›
THE WORLD ISN'T WAITING FOR TRUMP ON TRADE
Leaders of Asean, the Southeast Asia regional organization, recently proposed another trade pact that would expand the deal covering the region to include other Asian economies... READ MORE›
WTO CHIEF SAYS NO INDICATION THAT TRUMP WANTS TO TAKE U.S. OUT OF GROUP
I haven't heard, at this point in time, anybody say trade is bad for the United States... READ MORE›
TRUMP OR NOT, THE RICH WORLD IS ALREADY IN A QUIET TRADE WAR
Free trade is already in retreat, even before Donald Trump moves into the White House... READ MORE›
WHY CHINA DOESNT MIND BEING LEFT OUT OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
Then China can ship the fabric to Vietnam via an existing free trade agreement with China ... READ MORE›
CANADA SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR 'STUPID' TRUMP, FORMER MEXICAN PRESIDENT WARNS
Trump has pilloried the free trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico calling it a disaster... READ MORE›
APEC NATIONS GRAPPLE WITH THE TRUMP EFFECT IN LIMA
In South America, Canada has free trade with Chile since 1997, and with Peru since 2009... READ MORE›