Reviewed by Thomas J. Catalano Fact checked by Jared Ecker International trade is the purchase and sale of goods and services by companies in different countries. Consumer goods, raw materials, food, ...

Those who perceive themselves to be harmed by foreign competition have long opposed international trade. Soon after economists such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo established the economic basis for ...

Adam S. Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States has become less open to trade in recent decades and ...