The single most important vote of the 116th Congress will be on trade: specifically, the NAFTA replacement. We have absolutely no idea where the new legislators stand on it.

Do any of us really control our purchasing choices and their implications these days?

People don't change their minds based on facts. They need an alternate theory.

There’s an important truth behind his attack on globalization.

The fine the EU slapped on the company earlier this week may have set a record, but it will have to do more to get Silicon Valley's attention.

Free-trade proponents accuse Trump of imperiling a decades-old system, but a reckoning was due no matter what.

When the president threatens to blow up the global economy, he is really playing to a domestic audience.

China's farmers see the trade war as an act of American aggression.

The economic impact will probably be minimal, says Peter Chase. But boy do they throw a wrench into existing trade treaties.

To curb China, the U.S. could increase development aid to other Asian countries. Sometimes, doing good is good strategy.

The president announces tough tariffs on steel. The media goes crazy. The president wrings meaningless concessions out of U.S. partners and then lauds his own deal-making prowess. And scene.

Much has been made of the very real woes of American workers. But Mexicans are trapped in an especially brutal cycle of dependence and exile.

Trump's proposed tariffs won't do much for American workers, but what if Democrats return to power on Capitol Hill?

Instead of government oversight, President Trump is poised to give a few CEOs near-total power over a troubled American industry.

The president is about to make a decision that could cost more jobs than the entire coal industry, and Republicans aren't happy about it.