Krugman’s take on protection
It seems Krugman will say anything to score a point. He wants to argue that insufficient demand (unemployment) is a problem and that redistribution (...
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Rotten ideas about the renminbi
The prospect of a U.S.-China clash over currency controls next month when the U.S. Treasury Secretary is supposed to pronounce on China's 'currency manipulation...
Trade-war not likely
Precisely "Taking a legal case over exchange rate misalignments to the WTO would probably fail, and take years in any case. The only real route left is to unil...
Apple’s patent protectionism
In an action before the U.S. Federal courts and the International Trade Commission, Apple Inc. is attacking a Taiwanese manufacturer of Google's Android Phone f...
Good idea or insidious threat?
When an economy has trade leverage, the threat of discriminatory duties need not be simple protectionism. "The US can help China make the necessary adjustments...
Global Trade Alert
Just before the London G-20 Meeting in April, Andy Stoler and I wrote a paper for a booklet published by the Center for Economic Policy Research in which we s...
Anti-dumping actions on the rise
Let me first of all get in an 'I told you so'. Anti-dumping complaints are counter-cyclical. Invariably, the numbers rise, with a lag, as industrial output s...