With sweeping auto levies, the president is putting his beliefs about tariffs into practice on the global economy. Economists ...

That is the thrust of a new theory that has been gaining currency in Washington, on Wall Street, and in the financial press.

Dr. Fauvelle provides evidence that supports a third theory, the so-called "Trade Money Theory." The theory proposes that it was not internal barter problems that money was used to solve but ...

To provide an idea of the level on the job market, here are some of the outstanding trade job market papers from the last few years: Bordeu, Olivia (2023) "Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The U.S. trade data for 2024 makes clear that the U.S. trade deficit was ...