The end of the world's greatest autarky -- Confronting the competition: the limitations of trade policy -- Confronting the competition: how a strong dollar has hurt -- Investment: the winners and the losers from offshoring -- Helping the losers: the tragedy of trade adjustment assistance --...

"The Council on Foreign Relations sponsors Independent Task Forces to assess issues of current and critical importance to U.S. foreign policy and provide policy makers with concrete judgments and recommendations. diverse in backgrounds and perspectives, Task Force members aim to reach a...

The question that remains unanswered is whether Trump's tariff strategy is a tactical one, intended to wring concessions from China, Germany, Mexico and others, or whether it represents a genuine abandonment of the U.S. commitment to free trade that dates back to the mid-1930s. The answer will...

For the past two decades the United States, a country with a strong tradition of limited government, has been pursuing a widely popular initiative that requires one of the most ambitious expansions of government power in modern history: securing the nation’s borders against illegal...

Intro -- U.S. Trade and Investment Policy -- Task Force Members -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Goals of U.S. Trade Policy -- Current U.S. Policy -- Trade, the U.S. Economy, and Public Opinion -- Revitalizing Trade Negotiations --...