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World Trade Organization

Intergovernmental organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade

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Oct 28, 2025
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How does the Trump administration's trade record compare to that of the Biden administration in 2024?

The two administrations adopted different trade playbooks: the Trump era pursued broad, protectionist tariff pressure aimed at reshoring and bilateral leverage, while the Biden era has emphasized such...

Nov 19, 2025
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New world order

Debate over a “new world order” in 2025 centers on whether U.S. primacy is being replaced by a China-led alternative, a bipolar U.S.–China axis, or a more complex “multiplex” in which Asia and the Glo...

Dec 18, 2025
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Is trump leading us to isolationism

Donald Trump’s foreign policy mixes isolationist instincts—tariffs, skepticism of alliances, and disengagement from multilateral institutions—with episodic hawkish actions and unilateral military stri...

Jan 31, 2026

Are the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration considered under WTO rules as "trade remedies" Are products subject to the MFN tariff schedule set by Congress?

are not classic “trade remedies” (antidumping, countervailing duties, or safeguards) but instead have been framed and deployed under other authorities——placing them outside the standard WTO trade-reme...

Jan 21, 2026

Did President Joe Biden(term of 2021-2025) continue the US-EU trade war that President Trump started in his first term?

did not simply perpetuate an all‑out "US‑ " that began under ; his administration moved quickly to de‑escalate headline disputes (notably by suspending ‑ retaliatory tariffs and converting some steel ...

Jan 31, 2026

What are Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" and do they violate WTO rules?

are a unilateral policy announced in April 2025 that levies additional, asymmetric duties on imports intended to mirror perceived barriers faced by American exporters, announced as a broad 10% baselin...

Jan 17, 2026

How did tariffs and trade actions under Trump affect specific U.S. manufacturing sectors?

Tariffs and trade actions under President Trump produced a mixed, often adverse set of outcomes across U.S. manufacturing: a few protected producers saw higher output or temporary relief from import c...

Dec 21, 2025

How have U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil shipments been implemented and challenged in international forums since 2019?

Since 2019 the United States has used executive orders, Treasury designations and licensing rules to choke off Venezuela’s oil revenue — principally by sanctioning PDVSA and entities in the oil sector...

Jan 29, 2026

What is the impact of US tariffs on Indian steel exports to the US in 2025?

have a limited direct hit on n steel exports to the because the U.S. buys only a sliver of India’s output and Indian officials point to robust domestic demand as a buffer ; yet the tariffs do transmit...

Jan 26, 2026

Which government agencies handled any refusal of U.S. milk entering Canada?

milk entering have been handled through two broad tracks: regulatory enforcement by Canadian food-animal import authorities—principally the under the Health of Animals Act and related import-inspectio...

Jan 25, 2026

How mny of US trde prtners chge the US higher triiffs thn we chrge them?

There is no single authoritative count in the available reporting that lists how many trading partners currently charge Americans higher tariffs than the United States charges them; the sources docume...

Jan 22, 2026

What did the full transcript of Trump’s October 2019 press conference with Italy say?

The full transcript of ’s , joint press conference with records a formal diplomatic welcome, opening remarks by both presidents, and a reporter Q&A that ranged from burden‑sharing and to regional secu...

Jan 16, 2026

What's the impact of Trump's distrust in international organizarions on the city of Geneva?

Geneva is already feeling a concrete shock from the Trump administration’s distrust-driven pullback: abrupt freezes and withdrawals of US funding and participation are forcing layoffs, programme pause...

Dec 22, 2025

Has the EU ever used trade tariffs or countermeasures against the United States?

Yes. The European Union has imposed tariffs and other countermeasures against the United States on multiple occasions, most visibly in 2018 in response to US steel and aluminium tariffs and again via ...

Dec 9, 2025

What were the average USA EU tariff rates in 2020?

In 2020 the commonly cited simple-average MFN (most-favoured-nation) applied tariff rate was 3.4% for the United States and 5.1% for the European Union, according to a Congressional Research Service s...

Feb 5, 2026

Do tariffs work?

"work" for specific, limited goals—raising government revenue quickly and protecting targeted domestic producers—but they often do so at the cost of higher prices, economic distortions, supply‑chain d...

Feb 4, 2026

Tradedu spent $11,000,000,000 on overseas gender programs during tenure

A recent investigation asserts that ’s government spent roughly $11.0–$11.2 billion on overseas gender programs during his tenure, a figure the paper frames as a conservative tally of gender‑targeted ...

Feb 3, 2026

Trump‘s accomplishments in one year compared to bad accomplishments

In , advocates point to trade wins, , and headline policy packages as concrete accomplishments , while critics highlight economic dislocation from tariffs, worker and immigrant harms, and widespread g...

Feb 1, 2026

What is the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and what were some of its provisions?

The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing () was a ten‑year transitional instrument, adopted in the to dismantle the quota system that governed global textile and apparel trade and to fold the sector int...

Jan 31, 2026

Are Trump's tariffs implemented unilaterally and are they considered "trade remedies" according to WTO rules?

rolled out by were implemented by through domestic statutes and executive action rather than through prior multilateral renegotiation at , meaning they are unilateral in method . Under prevailing WTO ...