Edward Alden

This is way overstated, but many of us have been writing about this for a long time. I wrote a whole book on the topic a decade ago and countless shorter pieces through @CFR_org’s Renewing America project https://t.co/JmQR8qWruy

Bari Weiss @bariweiss

"No one anymore, on the left or the right, denies that globalization has fractured the U.S., both economically and socially. It has hollowed out once-prosperous regions like the furniture-making areas of North Carolina and the auto manufacturing towns of the Midwest. It has been

I was more worried that he thought Alexander Ovechkin was Canadian.

Rasmus Jarlov @RasmusJarlov

If you are an American with an education and normal intelligence: Are you proud of having a president who is not smart enough to understand that buying products from someone is not "subsidizing" them? https://t.co/Izvb4VrZEB

RT @acoyne: Why is this meeting even happening?

The strange American paradox — enormous, unmatched abundance, but a nation of unhappy people dying younger and younger. Why? https://t.co/7o2N5Fa2jw

RT @BennSteil: That the defining policy of his presidency is being made on the basis of such horrific incomprehension is terrifying.

RT @CFR_org: How did trade evolve from a symbol of unity to a flash point for global conflict? On this episode of the Why It Matters podca…

RT @polanskydj: We will probably only realize in retrospect how much of the world we live in was being shaped by the niche preferences and…

RT @CFR_org: "Canada has always been ambivalent about how deeply it should tie itself to the American market. Today, with U.S. protectionis…

RT @CFR_org: For @ForeignPolicy, @edwardalden writes, "Trump is accused of having started a global trade war. That’s wrong. The U.S. Congre…

Freeman is puzzling over why we’ve gone from a $50bn travel trade surplus in 2015 to a $50bn deficit today. “We really haven’t gotten to the bottom of why aren’t these travelers coming to the United States.” Gee, I think I know why.

U.S. Travel @USTravel

U.S. Travel CEO Geoff Freeman joined @SquawkCNBC to highlight the urgent need to restore international travel. Every 1% drop in foreign visitor spending costs the U.S. $1.8 billion in export revenue annually. 📺 Watch here: https://t.co/PSiY2FGEJj https://t.co/qKNcqLJbbr

I just wrote in @ForeignPolicy today why it’s so important that Congress succeed in efforts like this: https://t.co/zqWzAt7SMI

Manu Raju @mkraju

GOP Sen. Rand Paul says he expects to have enough votes in Senate to pass resolution to effectively block Trump’s tarrifs. But Paul, who expects the vote Wednesday, attacked Speaker Johnson’s move to block such resolutions as “dishonesty.”

Think trade is boring or obscure? Think again. This is going to be the issue on which American democracy lives or dies. https://t.co/oBz3XikVJO

RT @CFR_org: How did trade evolve from a symbol of unity to a flash point for global conflict? On this episode of the Why It Matters podca…

RT @ForeignPolicy: Trump’s trade policy has lurched from empty threats to sweeping tariffs to humiliating retreats, roiling markets and des…

Forty percent of young Americans say they are just “barely getting by” financially, and only 15% think the country is headed in the right direction. Speaking for all the parents out there: how did we screw up so badly? https://t.co/VhoqoiiwU6

“On pace for their worst April since 1932.” Are we feeling great yet? https://t.co/aihNrtfBjT

RT @RachelVanD: Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who studies trade, said Mr. Navarro “may be the worst tr…