Dr. Marc-William Palen is a historian at the University of Exeter. He is the author of The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade: The Anglo-American Struggle Over Empire and Economic Globalization, 1846-1896 (Cambridge University Press, 2016). His commentary on historical and contemporary global affairs has appeared in the New York Times, the Australian, the Globalist Magazine, the History News Network, History & Policy, Foreign Policy in Focus, Common Dreams, Not Even Past, and the ABC, among others. He edits the Imperial & Global Forum, the blog of Exeter's Centre for Imperial & Global History. Follow him on Twitter @MWPalen
Free trade is once again tearing apart the Republican Party
Apr 14, 2016 16:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Free trade has become the Republican elephant in the room, thanks to Donald Trump. The GOP front-runner has helped make trade one of the hot-button issues of the 2016 presidential race. And its tearing the Republican...
Do protectionist policies like Trump's lead to trade wars?
Mar 22, 2016 10:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
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