Peterson Institute for International Economics

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.

Image Source:

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Featured

A Path Forward for NAFTA

C. Fred Bergsten (PIIE) and Monica de Bolle (PIIE), editors

The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) has detailed the gains and costs of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in numerous publications. Now that President Donald Trump has launched a renegotiation of agreement, the fundamental question is: Can such a renegotiation produce a positive result? A broad range of experts who have contributed to this PIIE Briefing say "yes." NAFTA can be modernized only if President Trump's zero-sum "America First" agenda is replaced by one that seeks to benefit all three countries and improve their competitiveness in an increasingly competitive global economy.

Photo Credit:

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Featured

Trade & Investment Policy Watch

Congressional Control of the Sanctions Off Switch Could Backfire

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE) and Euijin Jung (PIIE)

July 28, 2017

Op-Eds

Trump Is a New Kind of Protectionist—He Operates in Stealth Mode

Chad P. Bown (PIIE)

June 12, 2017

Policy Brief

The Payoff to America from Globalization: A Fresh Look with a Focus on Costs to Workers

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE) and Zhiyao (Lucy) Lu (PIIE)

May 2017

Get PIIE Updates

PIIE Recommends

U.S. President Donald Trump tours new cars with auto industry leaders, including Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, at the American Center for Mobility.

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Op-Eds

From Our Experts

Adam S. Posen

President

Posen on a US-UK Trade Pact: Not a Good Deal

Posen Discusses the Damage of Brexit to the British Economy

Historically, Geopolitical Risk Has Had Little Market Impact

Olivier Blanchard

C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow

Boom, Slump, Sudden Stops, Recovery, and Policy Options: Portugal and the Euro

Will Rising Interest Rates Lead to Fiscal Crises?

Distortions in Macroeconomics

Stephan Haggard

Visiting Fellow

North Korean Provocations and Global Markets

Nuclear Doctrine: What the North Koreans Are Actually Saying

Stephan Haggard and Mira Rapp-Hooper at Lawfare

Twitter

Peterson Institute PIIE • 6 hours

Agriculture will be a thorny aspect of NAFTA renegotiation, with farm orgs supporting the agreement.… https://t.co/cdFe6ipV2D

Peterson Institute PIIE • 7 hours

With NAFTA talks underway, read our graphic feature on updating NAFTA: https://t.co/8LeCuIvI68 https://t.co/ACpFYkre3b

Peterson Institute PIIE • 9 hours

The USTR just launched a Section 301 investigation of China. What is Section 301? https://t.co/XzzVSWO3oc

PIIE Blogs

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 12, 2017.

RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Are Stock Valuations Overstretched?

William R. Cline (PIIE)

August 18, 2017

Trade & Investment Policy Watch

Rogue 301: Trump to Dust Off another Outdated US Trade Law?

Chad P. Bown (PIIE)

August 3, 2017

China Economic Watch

Why China Isn’t Ready Yet to Lead Globalization

Caroline Freund (PIIE)

July 24, 2017

North Korea: Witness to Transformation

North Korea-China Trade: What Will Be Sanctioned Next?

Kent Boydston (PIIE)

August 18, 2017

Events

Event Recap

A Positive NAFTA Renegotiation

C. Fred Bergsten (PIIE), Cullen S. Hendrix (PIIE), Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE), Caroline Freund (PIIE), Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE), Wendy Dobson (University of Toronto), Daniel Trefler (Rotman School of Management) and Antonio Ortiz Mena (Albright Stonebridge Group)

June 13, 2017

The Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Centre for International Governance Innovation cohosted a major conference on "A Positive NAFTA Renegotiation" on June 13, 2017, to discuss the process of updating the North American Free Trade Agreement and the impact on critical sectors...

Event Recap

A Positive NAFTA Renegotiation: Part 2

John J. Hamre (CSIS), Chad P. Bown (PIIE), Patrick Leblond (Centre for International Governance Innovation), Daniel C. Esty (Yale University) and Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)

July 17, 2017

Event Recap

Reflection Paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union

C. Fred Bergsten (PIIE), David O'Sullivan (EU Ambassador to the United States), José Leandro (European Commission), Gabriele Giudice (European Commission), Stan Veuger (American Enterprise Institute), Jeromin Zettelmeyer (PIIE), Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE), Jérémie Cohen-Setton (PIIE) and Anna Gelpern (PIIE)

June 22, 2017

Event Recap