The global arms trade is big business and the United States accounts for more than 40 percent of the world’s weapons exports. Aside from the profit motivation, selling arms abroad can be an effective…

The phase one trade deal signed by the United States and China was heralded by many as an important first step in reducing trade tensions between the two countries. Yet, the benefits of trade have co…

Adam S. Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States has become less open to trade in recent decades and wh…

CFR's James M. Lindsay and former U.S. trade representative Michael Froman discuss President Donald J. Trump's views on U.S. trade policy and the global trading system.

Ted Alden joins Jim Lindsay to discuss trade and immigration policy after the Congressional midterms.