Despite the rhetoric of protecting domestic industry, trade tariffs act as barriers that isolate the country, raise prices, and reward inefficiency. This article shows how protectionism in...
China warned the WTO about the humanitarian risks of US tariffs, revealing what liberals have always said: taxes and trade barriers impoverish. This article analyzes how tariffs, inflation...
The "Trade War in the Americas" series concludes with a critical analysis of the effects of the new global protectionism. From Brazil to China, via Mexico and exchange rates, this conclusion brings together the...
The new tariffs imposed by the United States directly impact Brazilian agribusiness, revealing the vulnerability of an economy overly dependent on a few trading partners. This...
The global landscape is changing. The promises of stable and peaceful globalization are being replaced by tariffs, sanctions, and bilateral agreements that often concentrate power and weaken...
International trade is still treated as a game between nations, but this view ignores the libertarian reality that only individuals, not states, have the right to exchange freely. This article...
With the rise of bilateral agreements replacing multilateralism, the illusion grows that these treaties represent greater freedom. This article, in light of classical liberal thought and the...
So-called deglobalization has been celebrated as a necessary response to recent crises, but it conceals a more dangerous phenomenon: the return of state intervention in international trade. This...
The new tariff package announced by Donald Trump in the US has raised political and economic alarms throughout Latin America. This article analyzes how the region reacts to changes in global trade, the...
US President Donald Trump has announced a massive tariff package, dubbed “Liberation Day,” which marks a clear break with the...
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