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Article: "Deficits In Trade And Deficits In Understanding"

5/28/2017

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Donald Trump has asserted the need to cut the $500 billion U.S. trade deficit, yet support for his proposal is based on misconceptions about what this deficit means. During the 1970s, importing more than you exported was problematic, as was the breakup of the Beatles. Today, neither matters.

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Article: "It's Time To Stop Paying Attention To OPEC"

11/23/2016

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Why are there no analogues to an OPEC meeting in any other globally traded commodity, like cars, eggs, paintings, or perfume? Let us momentarily set that question aside, and focus on the seemingly unrelated fact that the OPEC news cycle has become excruciatingly predictable.

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Article: "A History Lesson For The U.K.'s Free Trade Aims"

10/18/2016

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On the eve of the September 2016 G20 summit, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May remarked: “I will also be talking to other world leaders about how we can develop free trade around the world, and Britain wants to seize those opportunities. My ambition is that Britain will be a global leader in free trade.”

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في مطلع قمّة مجموعة العشرين في سبتمبر 2016، قالت رئيسة وزراء المملكة المتحدة تريزا مي: "سوف أتحدّث مع الزعماء العالميين الآخرين عن كيفية تنمية التجارة الحرّة حول العالم، وتسعى بريطانيا لاغتنام تلك الفرص. وأطمح إلى أن تصبح بريطانيا قائداً عالمياً في التجارة الحرّة."ـ

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Article: "Deficits In Trade And Deficits In Understanding"

Article: "It's Time To Stop Paying Attention To OPEC"

Article: "A History Lesson For The U.K.'s Free Trade Aims"

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