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The impact of trade and globalisation

Ruth Tarrant

8th February 2016

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There is a great analytical piece on the impact of trade on the Economist website from the weekend. In particular, it examines the impact of imports into the US from China on US manufacturing.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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