About the author: Ludovic Subran is chief economist at Allianz. In the race against time that is the global green transition, tariffs on green goods are effectively a huge speed bump. A low-carbon ...

Tariffs have become a prominent policy tool under the current administration, but they represent just one of many ways governments interfere with free trade. Some trade barriers have operated so ...

Section 1. Background. The United States has one of the most open economies and has among the lowest average weighted tariff rates in the world. The United States imposes fewer barriers to imports ...

The state of Canada’s languishing economy was laid bare last month when the country lost 66,000 jobs and unemployment rose to ...

"Freedom of trade among the nations is an essential factor in securing and maintaining the peace of the world," the Free Trade League of America said in a passionate appeal. "History gives evidence ...

Increasing leniency from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) about what constitutes a trade barrier has been ruffling the feathers of big business and is now getting a thumbs-up from progressives in ...

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration released an encyclopedic list of foreign countries' policies and regulations it regards as trade barriers on Monday, two ...

A new report from President Donald Trump's administration on barriers faced by U.S. exports highlights European and Brazilian plastics tariffs as well as environmental regulations on plastics ...