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Commentary
Bread, Circuses, and Managed Trade
February 10, 2020 | William Alan Reinsch With caucus season underway, the Scholl Chair analyzes the President’s recent trade actions and victories he’ll tout on the campaign trail and what they actually mean.

Commentary
Enter USMCA and a New Trade Debate
January 17, 2020 | William Alan Reinsch, Jack Caporal The Scholl Chair unpacks what the USMCA passage and the continued clash among Democratic presidential candidates suggests about the next big trade policy debate.

Commentary
A Big Week
December 16, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch With two big deals announced this month, trade is closing out 2019 with a bang. The Scholl Chair reads between the lines on the USMCA and the U.S.-China phase one trade deal.

Report
Fueling the Race: Foreign Investment in Advanced Vehicle Technology
December 12, 2019 | Jack Caporal, William Alan Reinsch The United States is a premier destination for R&D in the automotive sector. The CSIS Scholl Chair examine how and why that is in its latest report.

Commentary
Trade Adjustment Assistance Returns, Part I
November 12, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch The current Trade Adjustment Assistance program is widely believed to be an inadequate policy solution to our current problems. So how can it be improved? The Scholl Chair discusses in his latest column.

Commentary
Steel Redux
November 4, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch U.S. steel producers are battered by unfair trade practices. The Scholl Chair notes how policymakers should defend the industry but need to recognize the limitations of their toolkit in his latest column.

Critical Questions
Road to USMCA Ratification: Is the End in Sight?
September 5, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch, Jack Caporal

The USMCA has made some, but not much, progress over the summer. In the third installment of its series, the Scholl Chair recaps the current status of the USMCA and its remaining hurdles.

Report
Trade Policy on the 2020 Trail: The Second Debate
August 6, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch, Jack Caporal In the second round of debates for Democratic presidential candidates, trade emerged as a growing fault line in the party, with division over TPP and more populist policies at the core. The Scholl Chair analyzes what it means going forward for trade as an election issue.

Commentary
Playing Chicken
July 22, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch Under President Trump, the United States has engaged in a protracted game of chicken with the world’s largest trading powers. So, how could this all end? CSIS Scholl Chair explores this question in his weekly column.

Report
Trade Policy on the 2020 Trail: The First Debate
June 25, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch, Jack Caporal With Democratic candidates facing off for the first major debate of the 2020 cycle, the Scholl Chair breaks down how trade is already playing out in the election debate.

Commentary
Restoring Sanity
June 24, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch With the U.S. stonewalling the WTO Appellate Body and the December deadline approaching, what other options are there for reforming the organization’s dispute settlement mechanism?

Commentary
Where Are the Democrats?
June 10, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch With the 2020 election season already heating up, the CSIS Scholl Chair asks where do Democrats stand on trade issues and how are candidates in the crowded field differentiating themselves?

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