Free Trade Agreements

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: People take a look at a container ship entering Newark bay to dock in Elizabeth port as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S., May 20, 2021
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Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Yes, US trade agreements led to economic gains, especially in services, new report says

Katheryn (Kadee) Russ (PIIE)
July 20, 2021
The U.S. International Trade Commission building is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 31, 2020.
REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

How a US trade agency blundered in evaluating trade agreements

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)
July 16, 2021
Short Videos

Why, After 200 Years, Can’t Economists Sell Free Trade?

Featuring Alan S. Blinder (Princeton University)
May 25, 2017
PIIE Chart

Nearly All US Trade Deals Were Negotiated, Signed, and Implemented by Republicans

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE) and Melina Kolb (PIIE)
August 16, 2017
Op-Eds

The Truth about Trade Agreements—and Why We Need Them

Chad P. Bown (PIIE)
November 21, 2016

Recent Content

Working Paper

WTO 2025: Getting back to the negotiating table

Alan Wm. Wolff (PIIE)

May 2022
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

The EU should use its trade power strategically

Cecilia Malmström (PIIE)
January 4, 2022
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Which countries are in the CPTPP and RCEP trade agreements and which want in?

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

January 3, 2022
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Chinese and US digital trade priorities make a future international agreement unlikely

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE) and Megan Hogan (PIIE)

October 20, 2021
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China is a more important trading partner than the US for most CPTPP members

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

September 23, 2021
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Joining the CPTPP is a long process and needs consensus among existing members

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

September 23, 2021
Past Event

The African free trade area: Eight months in

Cecilia Malmström (PIIE), Petina Gappah (African Continental Free Trade Area) and Sherman Robinson (PIIE)

August 18, 2021
Policy Brief

RCEP is not enough: South Korea also needs to join the CPTPP

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

July 2021
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Yes, US trade agreements led to economic gains, especially in services, new report says

Katheryn (Kadee) Russ (PIIE)

July 20, 2021
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

How a US trade agency blundered in evaluating trade agreements

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)

July 16, 2021