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Public works, infrastructure spending can offset negative effects of liberalized trade

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 9:23 a.m.

Lowering trade restrictions makes countries richer and in general, that\u2019s good for everyone. But there are winners and losers from trade, especially as economies adjust to freer trade.\n\nRead the transcript\nhttps://bit.ly/2o5ujvk\n\nRead the working paper\nhttps://bit.ly/2o6LRXP\n\nAbout the author\nDevashish Mitra is a professor of economics at Syracuse University in the United States.\n\nADBI\u2019s recent publications on trade\nhttps://bit.ly/2nV1L7R\nhttps://bit.ly/2oTzgng