The US and Mexico make NAFTA progress, but where’s Canada?
Aug 27, 2018
Fellow Geoffrey Gertz discusses the recent NAFTA announcement by the United States and Mexico, and predicts how Canada is likely to respond.
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Arming teachers won’t improve school safety
Aug 24, 2018
After news broke this week that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was considering letting states use federal grant funding to buy guns for schools, Senior Fellow and Brown Center on Education Policy Director Michael Hansen discusses the problematic proposal to use taxpayer money to arm teachers and faculty, and offers...
Trump tries to cut foreign aid without Congress
Aug 23, 2018
Senior Fellow George Ingram discusses the Trump administration’s attempts to cut foreign assistance funding without congressional approval and how it hurts US international interests.
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New tariffs escalate the US-China trade war
Aug 23, 2018
Senior Fellow David Dollar discusses the latest exchange of retaliatory tariffs between China and the U.S. and the risks of further escalating the trade war between the two countries.
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The legal threat Michael Cohen poses for President Trump
Aug 22, 2018
Senior Fellow Norm Eisen explains the recent events in the Manafort and Cohen trials, and how they affect President Trump and his likelihood of being convicted of criminal charges.
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