International Trade

The United States' trade deficit surged to its highest level in more than 14 years in November as businesses boosted imports to replenish inventories, offsetting a rise in exports.

The combined deficit for goods and services was $68.1 billion, while the deficit for goods alone was a record $86.4 billion.

In this fascinating modern history of U.S. trade wars, we show the most interesting conflicts affecting U.S. trade in the last century.

China’s exports rose in 2020 despite pressure from the coronavirus and a tariff war with Washington, boosting its trade surplus to $535 billion

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The U.S. government on Monday said it would begin collecting new duties on aircraft parts and other products from France and Germany from Tuesday after failing to resolve a 16-year dispute over aircraft subsidies with the European Union.

The U.S. will suspend a plan to hit $1.3B of French goods with tariffs in retaliation for their tax on the revenue of global tech companies

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has branded Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators while putting China and nine other countries on a watch list in an annual report...

Virtual assistants are one click—but often one continent—away. A new industry for bringing order to our work lives could shift the order of our workforce.

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Globalization is a worldwide process in which individuals have more and more interactions with people in other countries through trade, investment, and culture.

The government suspended the Jones Act last week, to allow non-US ships to move fuel to victims of hurricanes in Houston and Florida. Which once again made us wonder why the act even exists.

The "winners" and "losers" in a trade war.

Current Topic: Trade & Specialization Previous Topics Connected: opportunity cost Future Topics Foreshadowed: economic growth, savings and investment News Article: “Commentary: Tariffs aim at reducing big deficit with China” Article Link: https://mru.io/comme32a4b Description: A commentator fo...

As with a lot of developing countries (and developed countries for that matter) there tends to be a reliance on a particular resource which can be to the detriment of its economy. Invariably if an …

What happens when a new tariff gets put in place? To really see the action, you have to go to Newark, New Jersey.

Author A.J. Jacobs embarked on a quest with a deceptively simple idea at its heart: to personally thank every person who helped make his morning cup of coffee. More than one thousand "thank yous" later, Jacobs reflects on the globe-trotting journey that ensued -- and shares the life-altering wisdom he picked up along the way. "I discovered that my coffee would not be possible without hundreds of people I take for granted," Jacobs says.

This docuseries brings the smart, stylized storytelling of Adam McKay’s The Big Short to a quirky and compelling exploration of the global economy. In each episode, host Kal Penn -- with the help of some celebrity friends -- answers a burning question like: How can I launder a bag of dirty cash? How scared should I be of a rubber apocalypse? And is it easier for dicks to get rich?

In this economics lesson, students will analyze data to learn if jobs have increased or decreased since NAFTA was implemented.

Canada will slap retaliatory tariffs on C$3.6 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of U.S. aluminum products after the United States said it would impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, a senior official said on Friday.

Cheap cherry imports from Turkey are threatening farmers in Michigan, who produce two-thirds of the country's tart cherry supply.Falling profits over the past few years prompted the industry to turn to the U.S. government for help by imposing tariffs on imports, the Wall Street Journal reported…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Monday that makes the state take into account how a company pays and treats employees, and environmental track record when choosing contractors. Under the Michigan Jobs First order, Whitmer wants to ensure the state is giving Michigan…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to roll out another $16 billion in aid to farmers hurt by the Trump administration's trade war with China, with payments to begin next month.The second round of tariff-aid payments will give time for President Donald Trump to strike trade deals,…