How Governments Fund Harmful High-Seas Fisheries
A recent study demonstrates how billions of dollars in government subsidies funds much of the reckless fishing that takes place in international waters.
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Canada’s Indigenous and Environmentalists Warn Against a Potential Trade Deal With China
Canadian activists call on their government to consider First Nation and ecological interests over those of multinational corporations.
International Trade Hurts the World’s Poor (With Nitrogen)
A study links developing countries' demand for imported food and clothing to nitrogen compounds that disproportionately harm the world's poor, including some right here in the United States.
War and Peace … and International Trade
Dense trade networks that formed in the years after World War II may explain a startling decline in war over the same period.
From Fracking to Tainted Fish, How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Could Cripple the West
The Obama administration maintains that the proposed international trade agreement would be good for the American people and the economy, but there's a reason all negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy.
The International Trade of Talent
Just because a net migration number is negative doesn't mean there is brain drain. A shrinking population doesn't always indicate a dying place.
Why Focusing on Exports Doesn’t Make Economic Sense
Promoting exports as a means to rebuild America’s middle class is a lovely vision, but the U.S. needs to do more than that to improve business.
Obama, and the iPad
Please forgive a brief personal anecdote. This will not be a habit in this space: A couple of…