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 …
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreTrump 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 …
Read MoreAn 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 …
Read MoreAn 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 …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK