Study suggests a robot levy — but only a modest one — could help combat the effects of automation on income inequality in the U.S.

International firms sharing production networks lobby together to secure favorable trade conditions.

John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.

The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability — a project supported by Community Jameel — will study the implications of climate change on food security as they relate to trade.

Using Ecuador as case study, economists show international trade widens the income gap in individual countries.

MIT economist’s new research shows U.S. locales hammered by open trade with China have not rebounded, even a decade or more later.