TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

April 23, 2020

Young Workers Will Be the Long-Term Casualties of COVID-19

Jobs in service industries have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. As economies recover, the long-term plight of young workers will need attention.

ARTICLES BY TOPIC

JOBS

April 23, 2020

A Shortage of Farm Guest Workers Could Threaten America’s Harvest

Immigrants play an increasingly crucial role in our food system. Travel restrictions and government closures due to COVID-19 are adding to the concerns about America’s shortage of farm workers who use the H-2A visa.

April 23, 2020

Young Workers Will Be the Long-Term Casualties of COVID-19

January 30, 2020

Port of Virginia Put Suffolk on the Coffee Map

MANUFACTURING

April 16, 2020

Wooden Skyscrapers Push Trade in Cross-Laminated Timber to New Heights

Cross Laminated Timber is the basis of the “tall wood” buildings movement. CLT construction is a growing global market. Cross-laminated timber provides many possible benefits, including reduced costs, rural employment, strength, fire-resistance, beauty and a sense of being closer to nature.

April 2, 2020

Toilet Paper: A Uniquely American Obsession

March 19, 2020

Born to Trade

LOGISTICS

March 26, 2020

Global Cargo is Leaving on a Jet Plane

Air cargo (sometimes carried by passenger flight) is critical infrastructure that is moving medical supplies where they are needed most to fight the coronavirus.

January 30, 2020

China Seeks to Redraw the Global Trade Map

January 30, 2020

Port of Virginia Put Suffolk on the Coffee Map

DIGITAL COMMERCE

April 2, 2020

With Zoom, We Are All Trading in Services

During the Covid-19 pandemic, technology keeps the world connected and allows global trade in services to continue. The WTO outlines four modes of delivery for services trade.

March 26, 2020

Preventing Trade in Online Fakes

July 18, 2019

Small and Medium-Sized Global Traders Are Banking on Blockchain

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

March 13, 2020

Fiddling with Irish Music Royalties in the WTO

How the Irish Music Rights Organization took on U.S. copyright law in the WTO - and won - yet your favorite pub is still allowed to play Irish music for you for free.

February 27, 2020

“Special 301”: How the U.S. Monitors Intellectual Property Protections in International Trade

hands on home - rebuilding trade relations

January 16, 2020