Topic: international trade

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, the moon is seen in its waxing gibbous stage as it rises near the Empire State Building, in New York. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York issues its Empire State manufacturing index for November. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) (AP)

Could COVID-19 bring down the US empire?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies - Independent Media Institute
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Local cash culture foils global commerce

Dean Foster
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are considering a series of actions to stabilize health insurance markets for some 18 million people who buy their own policies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

trump pushes pharma agenda

Robert Faturechi - ProPublica
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Greg Wright - The Conversation
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Explaining dollar strength

Angelo Young
Activists shout slogans during a protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Monsanto in Santiago, Chile on January 22, 2016. The sign reads "TPP is death." (Reuters/Pablo Sanhueza)

"Gambling away our future"

Ben Norton
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Lehman College in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, May 4, 2015. Obama announced the creation of an independent nonprofit organization that is a spin off his "My Brother's Keeper" program, which works to give young men of color more opportunities through mentoring and business partnerships. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

The 10 biggest TPP lies

David Dayen
Paul Ryan and Barack Obama (AP)

Obama's deal with the devil?

David Dayen