International Trade Class Blog

       The worldwide standard for labor is pitiful, as there is such a huge gap between the working conditions in first world countries vs t...

This week I have decided to look at a study that analyzes the effects on American welfare and prices due in 2018 due to the trade war betw...

From the U.S. standpoint of this trade-war against China, if China does not come to terms with negotiating, the US government w...

A couple weeks ago, Britain lost out on its chance to house the first Tesla factory in Europe. Elon Musk decided to choose a location nea...

This week, I decided to look at something a little different than the usual. I found a paper by Bowen Chen and Nelson Villoria that pre...

In class we have been talking a lot about tariffs and the effects of them: the costs, the benefits, and the reasoning behind implementing ...

High technology has helped increase global economic growth, development, and social interaction.   This article talks abou...

     Japan has recently raised its consumption tax from 8% to 10% . This hike in sales tax comes after it had been pushed back from 2015 t...

Quotas, which are defined as a limited quantity of a particular product that can be produced, imported, or exported, are generally used to p...