Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Mitra discusses tariff retaliation by India in Livemint article
Devashish Mitra, professor of economics and Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, says, "any tariff increase will come at a huge cost to India’s consumers as well as producers who use imported inputs."
See related: Government, India, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade
Lovely discusses tariffs with the Economist, Wall Street Journal
"The first few rounds of tariffs hit supply chains really hard," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. Now, the Trump administration "has begun to hit things clearly not processed in the U.S.—consumer goods—and this is going to get people’s attention."
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Lovely discusses winners and losers of steel tariffs on NPR
"The companies that use steel, like aluminum can manufacturers, or companies that make steel vats for pharmaceuticals or the dairy industry, they're going to be hurt by this," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Lovely discusses impact of tariffs on US businesses on NPR
Mary Lovely, professor of economics, says that after two rounds of retaliatory tariffs by China, U.S. ham and various other pork products now face massive tariffs—between 62 and 70 percent. "In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported zero weekly export sales of pork to China," she says. "So our exports to the country have pretty much collapsed."
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Lovely discusses US-China tariffs in Associated Press, Atlantic, Wash Post, Wall Street Journal
Mary Lovely, professor of economics, explains why lower-income consumers, who tend to buy more goods from countries such as China, might end up feeling squeezed more than their higher-income counterparts.
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Lovely weighs in on Harley-Davidson, tariffs in AP, Reuters, NBC
"More firms will follow Harley’s lead and move production overseas," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "Can’t blame them. Many companies are being put in very difficult positions."
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Lovely discusses possible US tariffs on auto imports with Bloomberg
"We've come to expect this type of ebb and flow in terms of the threat of levying trade protections against our trading partners from this administration," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
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Miriam Elman speaks to WAER about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
See related: Foreign Policy, Middle East & North Africa
Lovely featured in Bloomberg article on impact of US tariffs on China
"The proposed tariffs will hit bilateral trade in fast-growing, knowledge-based sectors the hardest," say Mary Lovely, professor of economics, and Yang Liang, a Ph.D. candidate in economics. "Rather than hitting the administration’s intended target—Chinese firms that may have unfairly obtained American technology—the proposed tariffs would actually inflict damage on U.S. high-technology sectors."
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
It All Started Here: The Very First Model League of Nations Assembly (Model UN) Was Held at Maxwell
Almost a century ago, a Maxwell faculty member turned a top-of-the-head idea into a student exercise in diplomacy—and basically invented Model UN.
See related: Centennial, Foreign Policy, International Governmental Organizations, Model U.N.