Policy Focus: Trade

  • Transatlantic Trade: A Conversation with Stormy-Annika Mildner - Junior Podcast Editor Moritz Ludwig (MPP ’25) talks with the executive director of the Aspen Institute Germany, Stormy-Annika Mildner, about current challenges and opportunities of trade policy between the U.S. and Europe. The transatlanticist and trade expert talks about the importance of a resilient transatlantic partnership, initiatives to strengthen economic and political ties, the Inflation […]
  • Africa-centric New World Order: A Transatlantic Alliance in Commercial Diplomacy - The world is again at a major inflection point. As the Transatlantic Alliance strives to ensure successful defense of a rules-based international order, expand markets, build supply chain resilience, and reduce strategic dependencies on Russia and China, geopolitical and economic tailwinds favor Africa as an investment destination.  However, Africa must come prepared with a unified, […]
  • International Debt: Exploring New Data from the World Bank - Each year, the world generates trillions of dollars in debt. To low and middle-income countries, these monetary flows are a critical source of credit to finance and complete various projects to develop and diversify their economies. In 2019 alone, the 120 low and middle-income countries around the globe generated $8.1 trillion of external debt. Every […]
  • Interview with Grover Norquist - GPPR’s Editor in Chief, Justin Goss, sits down with GU Politics fellow and president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist. The two talk about international free trade agreements, the U.S. economy, strategies for growth, and immigration. We also get a look into the topics that will be covered in Mr. Norquist’s weekly discussion group […]
  • The EU, Europe, and Transatlantic Trade at a Crossroads - Just as anti-trade sentiment in the U.S. contributed to the election of Donald Trump, similar concerns have created friction and fragmentation across the Atlantic. In addition to the obvious threats Brexit posed to the EU model earlier this year, populist and nationalist fervor manifest in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and […]
  • New Series Introduction: International Trade - A little over a month ago we ran the series introduction on prescription drug pricing. This week we’d like to introduce you to our second initiative – international trade. During this past election cycle, the topic of international trade was front and center in President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign. For Mr. Trump, job loss in the […]