The Millennial Economy Part I: Global Value Chains

I don’t usually do commercials in these weekly pieces, but something important happened a few weeks ago that deserves a shout-out — the October 20 launch of the U.S. Global Value Chain Coalition.  Composed primarily of retailers like Macy’s and Target, along with companies and associations representing various parts of the apparel industry, the coalition, […]

China, Again

By William Reinsch Since the NAFTA negotiations are on vacation for another week, I’m going to take a break from that as well and talk about my longtime favorite subject, China. Thanks to the good offices of Matt Goodman and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), I was fortunate last week to spend […]

Trade: The Scapegoat for America’s Social Problems?

There was an odd flap a couple weeks ago after the leak of slides from Peter Navarro arguing that a “weakened manufacturing base,” presumably caused by trade, has caused a wide variety of social problems including not only the expected factory closings and job losses but also increased drug use, declining marriage rates, increases spousal […]