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.

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.