Agree Tai would be an excellent pick— for an incoming Trump administration.

If tariffs bring a lot of manufacturing back to the US, that means way less imports and so they are not raising much tax revenue. 🔁 If tariffs are raising a lot of revenue, then high levels of imports persist and they are not bringing manufacturing back to the US.

The WTO has a new tool allowing us to see trade concerns raised in meetings more clearly. It will be useful for delegates, officials in capitals, traders, activists, academics and anyone else interested. Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social has taken a look. bsky.app/profile/coppet…

A new post with first thoughts about the implications of Trump’s victory for US foreign policy. Looks at NATO, the Middle East, and Indo-Pacific. Is the US still the ‘indispensable nation’? samf.substack.com/p/what-does-tr…

This feels like a decisive victory for Trumpism. But if he raises tariffs to the extent promised - and goes for mass deportation - he could crash the economy quite quickly. So the Democrats comeback could happen sooner than you think.

Fact-check: Two new pipelines have been completed recently: the TM oil pipeline expansion and Coastal GasLink. The federal government put extraordinary effort into getting TMX built. These two new pipelines significantly expand Canadian oil and gas access to the high-growth Asian

Speaking at an Empire Club of Canada event in Toronto today on the recent U.S. tariff threats, Canada's former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta going its own way in recent weeks "has significantly undermined Canada's position." #cdnpoli

To state the obvious, a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada and a 10% tariff on China, if sustained, would be a massive shock -- a much bigger move in one weekend than all the trade action that Trump took in his first term 1/x

good idea. We can do stupid too! (Though maybe nobody left in government who remembers FIRA...)

Fascinating to rewatch this exchange now.

U.S. doesn’t join in condemning Russia at WTO policy review of Ukraine ow.ly/7tks1060IMZ

China congratulates Greer with a call for more cooperation, tariff lament ow.ly/M7pI1060PKm

Analysts: Trump ‘cherry-picking’ trade data to justify reciprocal duties ow.ly/2YWJ1060Txp