Over the past few months, there has been a marked intensification of the Eurozone debt crisis that could have major implications for the United States economy in 2012.

American Enterprise Institute economist Peter Wallison explains why the recent JP Morgan losses are proof that the Volcker Rule is unworkable and should be abandoned.

The U.S. is more active on trade policy than it has been in years.  President Obama is meeting with Canada and Mexico about new agreements, Congress will hold hearings on changing decades-old trade law, and the federal government will more broadly be bringing several cases before the WTO.

Yet, in constructing...

This book provides a strategy for liberalizing the aviation services industry.

This book provides a strategy for liberalizing the aviation services industry.

Regulations for international trade in the service sectors (for instance, cross-border transactions by banks, insurance companies, the legal profession, accounting, telecommunications) were first negotiated in the Uruguay Round (1986-1994). At the end of that round, many observers argued that only a skeletal framework had been constructed for services and...

Press release for Sydney Key's The Doha Round and Financial Services Negotiations.

This studyexamines current efforts to deepen trade commitments regarding energy services.