Trade

  1. Could the U.S. Rejoin the Transpacific Partnership?

    Apr 16, 2018

    AEDE's Ian Sheldon joins Joshua Meltzer, Senior Fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institute to discuss President Trump's willingness to revisit the Trans Pacific Partnership TPP.

  2. Impact on Farmers From Trade Tariff Threats Between the U.S. and China

    Apr 11, 2018

    AEDE Professor Ian Sheldon joins Daniel Sumner from the University of California at Davis and David Swenson from Iowa State University on the Knowledge@Wharton radio program.

  3. Tariffs on steel and aluminum imports could have costly ramifications for Ohio soybean farmers. (Photo: Thinkstock)

    Tariffs Could Spell Disaster for Ohio Farmers and National Economy

    Mar 12, 2018

     In a state whose biggest agricultural export is soybeans, growers of the crop perhaps should be leery.

  4. Dr. Ian Sheldon

    NAFTA and the Importance of Trade on 'Town Hall Ohio'

    Jan 23, 2018

    Ohio businesses and farms sell a lot of product to foreign countries. Some fifty-five percent of our state’s exports go to Canada and Mexico, who happen to be our partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement, best known as NAFTA. With that as a backdrop, you can understand why Ohio’s business and farm communities are more than a bit concerned when President Trump says he may want to back away from the trade deal. Why NAFTA is important, to all Ohioans, on this episode of Town Hall Ohio.

  5. Ohio State’s Andersons Program in International Trade Offers New Research on How Carbon Taxes May Impact the North American Aluminum Industry

    Feb 25, 2015

    With its energy-intensive production practices and competition from international producers, the U.S. aluminum industry is extremely vulnerable to international competition, recently noted Ian Sheldon in a policy brief highlighting new research from Ohio State’s Andersons Program in International Trade on the North American aluminum industry and how carbon taxes may impact it.

  6. IATRC Theme Day Organized and Sponsored by the Andersons Program in International Trade

    Jan 12, 2015

    Ian Sheldon, Ohio State's Andersons Professor of International Trade, recently organized and sponsored the theme day for the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium's (IATRC) 2014 annual meeting in San Diego, California. The day focused on “Food and Resources: Conflict and Trade."

  7. Open Food Trade, Safety Nets Crucial to Global Food Security: Ohio State Economist

    Nov 19, 2014

    Ian Sheldon, AEDE's Andersons Professor of International Trade, recently spoke to the communications team in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences regarding how international trade impacts global food security. “We, as food trade economists, believe that open international trade helps global food security, not hurt it,” said Sheldon. 

  8. Ohio State Economists Discuss Sustainable Development at Discovery Themes Lecture/COMPAS Conference

    Apr 9, 2014

    AEDE's Elena Irwin and Ian Sheldon participated in a panel discussion with economist Jeffrey D. Sachs during the Ohio State University Provost’s Discovery Themes Lecturer Program and COMPAS (Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society) conference on April 4th. They shared their thoughts on sustainable development at the special event, which more than 1,000 people attended. 

  9. Ohio State Economists to Discuss Sustainable Development at Conference with Jeffrey Sachs

    Mar 30, 2014

    AEDE's Elena Irwin and Ian Sheldon will discuss sustainable development at a panel discussion with Jeffrey Sachs April 4 during the annual Ohio State University Provost’s Discovery Themes Lecturer Program and COMPAS (Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society) conference. The event is free and open to the public. 

  10. Trade Economist Says China Could Lose Its Competitive Edge Due to Rising Worker Wages

    Dec 2, 2013

    Will the Chinese economy, which has seen a rise in workers’ wages by nearly 14 percent per year over the last decade, soon lose its competitive edge in the global economy? Ian Sheldon, Ohio State's Andersons Professor of International Trade, addressed this question in a briefing Nov. 25 to Ohio policymakers.

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