Trade & Tariffs

Trade & Tariffs

The global trading system is being reshaped. From the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to trade wars, the traditional rules-based trading order is under more pressure than at any time in a century. Trade policy is now at the center of global economics and national security.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 10, 2025

China’s overcapacity problem ‘doesn’t mean we can’t trade together,’ says US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

By Katherine Golden

Greer spoke at an Atlantic Council Front Page event, where he unpacked a year in which US President Donald Trump implemented an aggressive trade strategy that resulted in clashes with China.

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TTIP and the Fifty States: Jobs and Growth from Coast to Coast

Dispatches Feb 24, 2026

Eight questions (and expert answers) on what’s next for US tariff policy 

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts explain what’s next for US tariff policy as the Trump administration imposes 10 percent global tariffs in response to Friday’s Supreme Court ruling.
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TTIP and the Fifty States: Jobs and Growth from Coast to Coast

Fast Thinking Feb 20, 2026

The Supreme Court just struck down most of Trump’s tariffs. What’s next?

By Atlantic Council

The Supreme Court ruled that the US president does not have the power to unilaterally impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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TTIP and the Fifty States: Jobs and Growth from Coast to Coast

New Atlanticist Nov 7, 2025

The Supreme Court might slow Trump’s strategy. But he still has other tariff options.

By Sophia Busch

If the administration’s primary objective is to preserve tariff revenue and counter unfair practices, sections 301, 232, or 122 remain viable alternatives.
Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

Trump Tariff Tracker

The second Trump administration has embarked on a novel and aggressive tariff policy to address a range of economic and national security concerns. This tracker monitors the evolution of these tariffs and provides expert context on the economic conditions driving their creation—along with their real-world impact.

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Report

Sep 24, 2013

TTIP and the Fifty States: Jobs and Growth from Coast to Coast

A groundbreaking new report from the Atlantic Council, the Bertelsmann Foundation, and the British Embassy in Washington, entitled TTIP and the Fifty States: Jobs and Growth from Coast to Coast, explores the impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the economies of all fifty United States. In summer 2013, representatives of the […]

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Press Release

Sep 24, 2013

US-EU Trade, Investment Agreement Would Create Jobs, Boost Exports in all Fifty States

WASHINGTON — An ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation could provide hundreds of thousands of American jobs, benefiting every US state, according to TTIP and the Fifty States: Jobs and Growth from Coast to Coast, a study commissioned by the Atlantic Council, the British Embassy in Washington, the Bertelsmann Foundation. Such a pact would […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2013

Advocates Join Forces to Explore Impact of TTIP on All 50 States

In summer 2013, representatives of the United States and European Union opened negotiations to establish the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which seeks to deepen the relationship between the world’s two leading economies and create the world’s largest free trade area. The effort will align the two regions’ regulatory regimes, strengthening the economies without […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
Swearing-in Ceremony for Victoria Nuland, Sept. 18, 2013

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2013

Top US Diplomat for Europe Calls for a “Transatlantic Renaissance”

By John Kerry and Victoria Nuland, Department of State

Secretary of State John Kerry: [I]n Brussels, Toria helped guide NATO through a very critical and uncertain time when Article 5 was invoked in September of 2001

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U.S. Ambassador to Germany John Emerson

NATOSource

Sep 16, 2013

US Ambassador to Germany: Trans-Atlantic Cooperation is ‘Indispensable’

By John Emerson, Department of State

People call the United States the indispensable nation

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NATOSource

Sep 5, 2013

Obama and Nordic Leaders Launch New Security Dialogue

By White House

Excerpt from Joint Statement by Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Finland, Republic of Iceland, Kingdom of Norway, Kingdom of Sweden, and the United States of America

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Trade in Action

Aug 6, 2013

Freeing Transatlantic Trade: The T-TIPping Point

By Garrett Workman

Speeches and Official Announcements Freeing Transatlantic Trade: The T-TIPping PointMartin Schulz, president of the European Parliament, fully supports TTIP and freeing transatlantic trade and investment. As he writes, TTIP could be an essential instrument to defend European and American democratic values and the free-market economic model. TTIP brings tangible benefits including €545 in average European […]

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Trade in Action

Aug 1, 2013

The EU’s Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreements – Where Are We?

By Garrett Workman

Speeches and Official Announcements The EU’s Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreements – Where Are We?The European Commission released a memo today outlining the status of the EU’s various ongoing ilateral trade and investment agreements. First on the list: an upbeat overview of the TTIP negotiations.

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Trade in Action

Jul 26, 2013

Froman: Obama ‘Ready to Engage’ with Congress on Fast Track

By Garrett Workman

Speeches and Official Announcements US Trade Representative Froman Addresses the House Ways and Means CommitteeOn Wednesday, Ambassador Froman spoke to the leading US House committee on trade policy on President Obama’s trade agenda for 2013, the key role international trade plays in economic growth and job creation, and the administration’s plan to pursue a comprehensive […]

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Trade in Action

Jul 24, 2013

TTIP: A Long, Hard Road to Multilateralism?

By Garrett Workman

News Transatlantic Trade: Is China In or Out? | The HillThe TTIP isn’t just about lowering trade barriers; it’s also about setting rules. No country’s market is so big on its own that the threat of tariffs is enough to curb the anti-competitive power of China. The TTIP zone would have the power to change […]

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Beth Baltzan

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