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Economics

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What Is Economic Statecraft?
Learn why China lends billions of dollars abroad each year through its Belt and Road Initiative and the implications of that free resource for recipient countries.
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What Are Economic Sanctions?
In this free resource on sanctions, learn how countries use punitive economic measures to advance their foreign policy priorities.
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What Is the World Trade Organization?
What is the WTO? Learn how the World Trade Organization manages the rules for international trade and why it's failing to address today’s most pressing issues.
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Economics: The Americas
The economic landscape of the Americas is dominated by the United States, which accounts for nearly a third of the region’s billion-plus population and three-quarters of its economic output. 

Learning Journeys

A learning journey is a student facing, curated collection of resources that explore a topic from a specific perspective.

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How Does Trade Work?

Take a trip down the Silk Road and across centuries of global trade to learn how current practices still face the same historical challenges.

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Monetary Policy: Economic Statecraft

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand the various economic tools countries can use to help achieve their foreign policy goals.

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Trade: Trade Wars

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand trade relations between the United States and China.

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Trade: Policy

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand the ways in which trade can be used as part of foreign policy.

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Trade: Introduction

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand international trade.