Mercantilism 2.0, the economic manifestation of multipolarity, is streaking across the geostrategic firmament. The sun has set on globalization, the economic manifestation of a unipolar world order ...

Economics students today learn about mercantilism through Smith’s prism, as a series of logical and policy errors that Smith clarified and settled for good. But far from settled doctrine, mercantilism ...

Donald Trump's "America First" tariffs revived mercantilism, initially appearing successful for the US. However, China, a seasoned practitioner, is already a step ahead. It employs strategies from ...

Economic history has been punctuated by moments that have redefined our relationship with money, trade and so on. Mercantilism is one of those movements that had a major effect on the way things ...

Speaking at the Brookings Institution in April 2023, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan declared national security and industrial policy as the guiding lights for US trade. Sullivan couched ...

Greg Jensen concludes that “we are all mercantilists now, and the implications are profound and unavoidable” (“We Are All Mercantilists Now,” op-ed, Dec. 13). The implications of the world-wide turn ...

Taiwan should engage in diplomatic negotiations to seek a transition period of five to 10 years so as to avoid immediate punitive tariffs. It should also promote a model based on technological ...