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free trade agreements
May 24, 2022
Timothy Noah
We Need an Asia Trade Agreement, and Biden Just Took a Small Step Toward Getting One
China is trying to shut U.S. companies out of Southeast Asia. We can’t let that happen.
March 27, 2018
David Dayen
Trump’s Theater of Trade
The president announces tough tariffs on steel. The media goes crazy. The president wrings meaningless concessions out of U.S. partners and then lauds his own deal-making prowess. And scene.
January 30, 2018
David Dayen
Man of U.S. Steel
Instead of government oversight, President Trump is poised to give a few CEOs near-total power over a troubled American industry.
January 15, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Obama's Pacific Trade Pact Will Be Awful for the Environment
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