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Global Trade

The international exchange of goods, services and capital in an increasingly interconnected world has many facets, rules and controversies. This channel brings together the latest research and information on global trade, its participants and its challenges.

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8 Article

Washington’s Xinjiang Fix

What happens when human rights law becomes trade law? Two years after passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, we’re beginning to find out.
Eliot Chen and Katrina Northrop
The Wire China, 2023
8 Book

The Trade Trap

How To Stop Doing Business with Dictators
Mathias Döpfner
Simon & Schuster, 2023
8 Article

6 Reasons Why Global Supply Chains Are Shifting

Political risk, emissions and lead times are just some of the drivers pushing companies toward onshoring, nearshoring and friendshoring decisions.
Edwin Lopez
Supply Chain Dive, 2023
8 Article

Tomorrowland

Can India become the de-risking champion multinationals are looking for?
Luke Patey
The Wire China, 2023
8 Article
Nadia Rocha and Roberta Piermartini
IMF, 2023
8 Article

America’s China Policy Is Not Working

The Dangers of a Broad Decoupling
Henry M. Paulson Jr.
Foreign Affairs, 2023
9 Book

Seed Activism

Patent Politics and Litigation in the Global South (Food, Health, and the Environment)
Karine Peschard
MIT Press, 2022
8 Article
Robinson Meyer
The New York Times, 2023
8 Report
Daniel S. Hamilton
Brookings Institution, 2022
7 Book

Trade Works

The Trade Finance Investor
Andreas Schweitzer
Leaders Press, 2022
7 Podcast
Bruce Edwards and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
IMF, 2022
8 Article

How Free Trade Can Fight Inflation

More Competition Means Lower Prices
Gary Hufbauer et al.
Foreign Affairs, 2022