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This year, the Trump administration has pursued aggressive trade policies with higher import tariffs on nearly every US trading partner, thereby challenging the post-WWII global trade order. What are the economic fundamentals of tariffs and trade? How have the new tariffs affected the US and other economies so far, and what are the (un)expected long-term impacts? These are some of the questions addressed in this class.
Christine Sauer is a professor emerita of economics and former director of the International Studies Institute at UNM. A native of Germany, she received her undergraduate training at Kiel University before coming to the US to pursue her PhD at Brown University, specializing in international macro and monetary economics. Sauer was an award-winning teacher at UNM who continues to share her international economic expertise with various community groups and organizations.