Election Insights: The Future of US Trade Policy

The 2023 edited volume “The Future of Trade: A North American Perspective” (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023), assesses current trade policy challenges facing the U.S. and offers a series of recommendations which, if followed, have the potential to improve both U.S. domestic trade policy and foreign policy.

Concentrating on the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the escalating rivalry between the U.S. and China, and reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the volume seeks to advance the ongoing dialogue between governments and stakeholders. It proposes recommendations through an analysis of law, economics, and public policy in relation to the U.S. economy and its role in the global economic order. As the U.S. and other world powers retreat from globalization, the authors argue, the U.S. faces short- and long-term challenges that will require more effective and thoughtful policy consensus at both the national and international levels.

In the nine months since the book was published, additional questions have arisen, inter alia, regarding the enforcement of the USMCA during election years for the U.S. and Mexico, the de-risking of U.S.-China trade with an emphasis on electric vehicles and chips sectors, and the continuing search for the WTO’s relevance along with its increasing dysfunctionality. Our expert panelists, with input from audience questions and comments, will respond to these issues and others related to U.S. trade policy in this dual election year.

This event is sponsored by the Baker Institute Center for the U.S. and Mexico and is made possible thanks to a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.

It is free and open to the public. 

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