Trade

New buses are lined up for export at a port in Lianyungang, in east China's Jiangsu province, on November 4th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The small South Pacific island nation has become a major supplier of Chinese-imported timber.

• By John C. Cannon

Migrants carry the flag of Honduras while on a caravan of immigrants en route to the Mexican border on October 18th, 2018, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

While there are challenges facing the global system, when we look at international economic law there are several reasons to believe that it can, and will, endure.

• By Jeffrey Kucik

Republican politicians are hailing the new agreement as a trade milestone. Some labor groups would disagree.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Concerns are rising that the two nations could be on the verge of a "new cold war."

• By Charles Hankla

A week after the United States and China began their trade war, the Chinese embassy is accusing the U.S. of "slander" for saying China engages in unfair trade practices that harm Americans.

• By Francie Diep

One analysis shows the White House's proposed tariffs will result in the loss of over 300,000 jobs.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Here's what the U.S. stands to lose in a trade war.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The U.S.-China trade conflict goes far beyond just policy, and hints at larger ambitions around global power structures.

• By Charles Burton

Despite outspoken criticism of the agreement during his campaign, the president is signaling that he may reverse his position.

• By Charles Hankla

Many countries have had issues with the WTO in recent years, but Trump's unpredictable actions have nationalist rhetoric on the rise across the globe.

• By Elena Souris

A person in a cow costume walks near farmers in their tractors, which block Gustave-Flaubert Bridge in Rouen, France, during a demonstration on February 21st, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The U.S. is projected to see growth in energy exports as a result of increased energy efficiency, new electricity generation, and a continued projected growth in the production of liquids and natural gas.

• By Candace Butera

The most important reads from our coverage of black markets, tech surveillance, and more.

• By Max Ufberg

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.

• By Alisa Opar

Migration, not greater density, drives technological change.

• By Jim Russell

Gall bladders, Tibetan antelope wool, musk pods, ivory tusks, pounds and pounds of frog fat—these are just some of the items being smuggled into the U.S. that are, among other things, dangerous to our health.

• By James McWilliams

The White House needs to push new policies and trade agreements.

• By Martin Hart-Landsberg

"There are large economic gains to be realized from flows of people in both directions."

• By Jim Russell

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.

• By Jock O'Connell

The staggering, often surprising, scope of stuff being bought and sold across the Pacific.

• By Matt Skenazy