Can the WTO hit the reset button on global trade?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 18, 2020 / The National


While the world’s eyes were fixed on the US presidential election, another consequential, if …

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The age of trade blocs? No, probably just Trump-blocks

by Rashmee

Posted on June 14, 2019


Change is the only reliable constant and so it is with global trade. For more …

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Trump of all people should know that corporate patriotism is neither natural nor desirable

by Rashmee

Posted on July 4, 2018 / The National


US President Donald Trump is not the first politician to fulminate about the need for …

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An obscure economic theorem can help explain why the Asian sweatshop is dying

by Rashmee

Posted on January 2, 2017


Remember the Stolper-Samuelson theorem? It pronounces on the relationship between trade and wages and was …

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An obscure economic theorem can help understand the opposition to trade deals

by Rashmee

Posted on September 12, 2016


One way to understand some of the angst about the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK