About the Journal
Trade, tariffs and the instruments of national economic policy.
National Statecraft Journal examines trade policy as an instrument of national strategy: tariffs, export controls, customs enforcement, trade agreements and the legal authorities that make them possible.
Our articles explain the instrument as well as the action. That covers the statute that was used, how the mechanism works, who bears the effect, and what precedent says about where it leads. We write for importers, exporters, compliance professionals and readers who want the reasoning along with the headline.
- Field of inquiry
- Trade and tariffs (USTR, Commerce, CBP, Section 232/301, export controls, trade agreements)
- Written for
- importers, exporters, manufacturers and trade compliance professionals
- Form
- Analytical essays, each followed by a Tariff Ledger of the actions discussed, a note on sourcing, and a numbered list of sources. Each calendar year forms one volume.
- Signed
- The Journal