Category Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies

Trump’s Trade Fallacies: From Tariffs to India’s GST

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has called out US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on imports into the country, saying the import duties would not be paid by some tooth fairy, but by American consumers, and so amounts to a tax on US citizens. This is wholesome fact-checking.

Transforming Global Trade: The Trade Facilitation Agreement Amendment 2017

Policy UpdateR Sonali Devi “Trade without borders is a vision of progress; trade with efficiency is the reality of opportunity.”                          – Anonymous I. Introduction For several decades, traders delivering products across borders have been constrained by regulatory obstacles and “paperwork.”…

Global Tensions and Economic Shifts: The Trump Effect on Trade, Markets, and Geopolitics

The past week’s events have been dominated, once again, by US president Donald Trump. He has gleefully levied tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 20% on imports from China, renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, announced that he is taking over the Panama Canal, built with American blood and treasure but given away to Panama by President Carter in a bout of idiocy that, according to the Trumpian worldview, tends to afflict people who are not Trump. President Trump also extended a warm welcome to the people of Greenland to join the United States, bringing with them their vast territory of strategic importance to the United States and bearing critical minerals.

Gaza’s uncertain future: Between diplomacy, development and displacement

President Donald Trump, currently the most powerful leader, whose unpredictability yet opposition to wars has acted as an implicit deterrence to the warring parties across the spectrum, has added a new angle to the whole Gaza imbroglio in his transactional style. Trump has sought to displace the two million embattled Gazans to other countries, pushing Jordan and Egypt to take the hit—both of which have peace treaties with Israel and are suffering economic hardships even though they are significantly dependent on the US for financial support and bailouts

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