President Trump’s recent pronouncements on tariffs have received considerable attention. Michael Gasiorek and Nicolo Tamberi take a step back and considers some of the broader arguments for raising tariffs and the potential repercussions
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JD Vance outlines the AI policies of the Trump administration, prioritising innovation, deregulation, protection of free speech and US workers in what he likened to the dawn of a new industrial revolution
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Felix Schilk considers the idea of decadence, and argues moral decline triggered by excessive indulgence links all anti-democratic movements, and can be seen throughout history
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The short-term implications of the new Trump administration for the US and the EU economies are potentially wide ranging. Moreno Bertoldi and Marco Buti argue that it could be more pervasive in the medium and long-term
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Trade finance subsidies, usually provided by export credit agencies, are the predominant tool of industrial policy. Poorya Kabir, Adrien Matray, Karsten Müller and Chenzi Xu discuss the effect of the effective shutdown of the Export–Import Bank of the US (EXIM) from 2015—2019 on firm
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Industrial policy is at the heart of modern economic policy. Réka Juhász, Nathaniel Lane and Dani Rodrik assess the latest research and consider how to do industrial policy well
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Pascal Lamy argues that the protectionist shift in US policy is not recent, and can be traced back about 15 years
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