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Local Content Requirements: Backdoor Protectionism Spreading Under the Radar
Local content requirements (LCRs), or more broadly “localization rules,” have become a popular protectionist tool to favor domestic industries over fo...
Jul 22, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Trans-Pacific Partnership: An Assessment
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between 12 Pacific Rim countries has generated the most intensive political debate about the role of trade in the ...
Jul 21, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Release of Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for the World Trading System
The Peterson Institute for International Economics released the Policy Brief Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for the World Trading Syste...
Jul 14, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
A Slow Negotiation Might Help Achieve a Better Brexit Solution
What happens now to the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, after the Brexit referendum? It has been difficult to learn fr...
Jul 05, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
State of Play in the Chinese Steel Industry
Steel overcapacity is a global problem and China, the world’s largest steel-producing country, is at the center of the debate over how to deal with it...
Jul 05, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Once Again, Sanctions Enforcement
In an earlier post, I talked about the qualitative evidence that North Korea is starting to experience distress, and noted that the ultimate fate of t...
Jul 05, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Brexit: What a Difference a Week Makes
Britain’s decision to part ways with the European Union in a referendum last week was a classic example of what former US Defense Secretary Donald Rum...
Jul 01, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
US and Global Trade: Economic Fact and Political Fiction
Proponents of more open trade may have oversold its benefits during the 1990s heyday of commercial liberalization. Now they are reaping some consequen...
Jul 01, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Brexit Is a Disastrous Experiment in Deglobalization
Brexit is an experiment in deglobalization. As the pound tanks and British politics implode, investment will dry up and the entire United Kingdom will...
Jul 01, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Brexit: Is the Financial System Ready?
“Some market and economic volatility can be expected as this process unfolds. But we are well prepared for this.” Those were the words of Mark Carney,...
Jun 30, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Dangers of Following the Path to an Offshore Britain
Infamously 20 years ago, in assessing whether Britain should join the euro, one of the five tests was whether it would be good for the City of London....
Jun 22, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Diplomatic Update June 2016
Recent months have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity among the Six Parties, but as always with substantial uncertainty about whether any of it mean...
Jun 22, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail