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In two separate instances yesterday, I came across questions about whether the Trump administration feels constrained by the USMCA and other trade agreements.

Saint Mark Carney’s canonisation owes much to Donald Trump’s inept bullying

Saint Mark Carney’s canonisation owes much to Donald Trump’s inept bullying

A deal to avoid 50 percent duties on some Canadian goods is on Trump's desk, as Ottawa and Washington work towards a broader trade agreement.

Canada’s current rush to reach a deal is a mistake. Instead, Ottawa should treat Aug. 19 as a TACO moment that will be rolled over repeatedly

Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

Chinese sales platforms and delivery services have adapted to survive the end of the ‘de minimis’ allowance

Eye-opening changes to the speed and volume of work are not always translating into genuine productivity

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

Tricky Dick’s trade and currency war gave way to a pivot towards the multilateral

With the formal review date for the trade pact looming, Canada appears to be largely on the sidelines while Mexico is engaged in ‘technical discussions’

Why do economies negotiate trade agreements? If unilateral free trade can benefit an economy, why do governments devote so much effort to negotiating reciprocal tariff reductions and detailed trade rules with their partners? The answer lies in a fundamental feature of trade policy: when governments act independently, their policies affect not only their own economies but also the economies of others.

[FREE TO READ] Forget the singularity and robot takeovers; what matters is who captures the value added

New chief floats deals in Egypt, Pakistan and Europe as agency backs away from renewables under Donald Trump

We were live as the court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. Note: A login is not required to participate in the chat.

Three US-based scientists honoured for showing how strange submicroscopic effects can be harnessed in electronic devices

Last week, the governments of the United States and Japan completed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to flesh out the details of a $550 billion pledge to invest in the United States made as part of...

(Forthcoming Article) - This paper shows that self-employment shapes labor market power in low-income countries, with implications for industrial devel- opment. Using Peruvian data, we find that wage-...

Canada will remove its retaliatory tariffs on a long list of US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal, seeking to lower tensions with the White House.

Information overload may be contributing to the S&P 500’s resilience