After Congress passes FTAs with Korea, Columbia and Panama, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) will become the single most important US trade initiative, serving as a building block for a larger Free Trade Area for the Asia Pacific Agreement.

After six years of drift under the Clinton administration (post-NAFTA), since 2001 the U.S. has re-emerged as the indispensable leader in the international trade policy arena.

The best option to regain control of the multilateral negotiating process would be to suspend the Doha talks.

It is encouraging to learn that the International Monetary Fund no longer promotes the view that emerging market countries should be hastening to carry out rapid capital account liberalisation.

Is there any reason to be afraid of trade with poor countries?

Under today's Congress, both multilateralism and free trade are at risk.

The International Labor Office"s "World Commission" is hubristically titled, as is its assertion that it invited antagonistic opinions to reach its conclusions.

Is Germany becoming a "normal" country?