Trump "has taken the hatchet to trade with practically every major U.S. trading partner, sparing few allies or rivals," says Cornell economist Eswar Prasad. It’s a real trade war now. Beijing ...

President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson has written about international trade for over a ...

Economics professor Robert Staiger will serve as the World Trade Organization’s chief economist and director of the economics research and statistics division for a two-year term. In this role, he ...

It’s a real trade war now. Beijing responded to Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on Friday, slapping its own 34% tariffs on all U.S. imports, matching the new so-called reciprocal tax rate ...