This AEI conference will address the importance and impact of the APEC summit, as well as long-term U.S. policy and interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

Representative Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) warned of a dangerous trend toward protectionism that he saw in recent debates over trade and immigration.

If the WTO collapses as a negotiating forum, nations may move towards a crass calculus that assesses verdicts only on the basis of the threats that back them. This would be a deeply regrettable move away from a rules-based global trading regime.

Calls by Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, for a transatlantic single market have been overtaken by fears of a renewed trade war between Europe and the US.

This article is about the World Trade Organization ruling in favor of the EU against tax breaksand how its affects trade.

Protectionism is just as harmful as it ever was--it has just become more difficult to recognize.