Demanding E.V. parts be made domestically could slow down the energy transition—or, alternatively, fall afoul of free trade policies the United States has worked hard to enact.

China is trying to shut U.S. companies out of Southeast Asia. We can’t let that happen.

Chuck Schumer’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act shows the perils of trying to pass climate policy to make America more “competitive.”

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created a global nickel shortage. Here’s what happened when the Führer tried to buy extra nickel right before the last time a major war broke out in Europe.

The most important politician to ever hail from Nevada, the late senator never forgot his hardscrabble beginnings and the promises he made to the American people.

The so-called carbon border adjustment mechanism proposed by Democratic Senator Chris Coons this week is going to be pretty hard to implement.

Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?

The USMCA, which replaced Nafta, preserves fossil fuel companies’ right to sue any government that messes with their profits.

On paper, he seems obsessed with besting Trump as a trade warrior. But his rhetoric suggests he wants to pick a fight with the aristocrats.

The Energy Charter Treaty, with 53 signatories, allows energy companies to sue states that make their business unprofitable.

It's also great for fossil fuel companies.

Democrats backed Trump's trade pact on the same day they introduced articles of impeachment. The optics don't matter.

Tariffs for China, tax cuts for the wealthy, and rage-tweets for practically everyone else.

One year into the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president's militarized response to crime and immigration dims hopes for reform.

Though they threaten defections over personnel and policy, members of the president's party are truer than ever to the man.

The migrants that do arrive in the U.S. are fleeing situations exacerbated by decades of bad American foreign policy. Tariffs on Mexico would continue that pattern.

While Trump loudly escalates his trade war with China, most 2020 contenders are muted—and that's a mistake.

Forcing Beijing into economic reform could help it overtake the U.S. in the long run.

I helped spread this journalism meme, and I regret it more every day.

Trump touts agreements with foreign leaders as historic accomplishments, but they're just rebranded versions of the status quo.