Trade

Examining the inputs in China's soaring solar industry.

Courtesy Woodrow Wilson Center 2020 Update: The blog below remains one of our most popular on the website, and there has been increased interest in it during the coronavirus crisis. The United...

Is the trade in clean energy like solar panels dirtier than it appears?

But is the coordinated policy plan manufacturing needs being prepared?

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker The Commerce Department is out with two new reports today touting the benefits of exports, and top officials sure are doing their best to talk...

Today, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announced that the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body has upheld the finding that China violated international trade rules by applying...

Did you know? Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its monthly trade data for June. The casual citizen — your average, everyday Joe — understandably might not have noticed, as...

This morning, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the latest monthly U.S. trade figures. The overall monthly U.S. international goods and services trade deficit declined to $41.5 billion in...

An excellent story in the New York Times this weekend took a sobering look at the economic prospects of Millinocket, Maine, home to the remnants of the Great Northern Paper Mill. The mill, which...

UPDATE: Terri Lynn Land penned an op-ed in The Detroit News that expands a bit on her position when it comes to trade. In it, Lynn Land notes that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should be...