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New TiRADE database logs every tariff rate Trump has announced
November 9, 2026
Research collaboration with Growth Lab academic research director Muhammed Yildirim records every tariff rate President Donald Trump has “threatened, announced or implemented” since taking office.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy launches McGill Growth Lab  
November 3, 2026
The McGill Growth Lab builds on the internationally recognized Harvard Growth Lab model pioneered at the Kennedy School of Government under Professor Ricardo Hausmann.
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Ricardo Hausmann: “Businesses in Peru need to become much more imaginative.”
October 26, 2026
In this interview with El Comercio, the Venezuelan economist and Harvard professor argues that Peru needs to learn to produce things it doesn’t yet produce.
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The Q&A: “Trump loves to be adulated. But he despises the adulators.”
October 21, 2026
In this interview with Canadian journalist Paul Wells, Ricardo Hausmann offers advice to Canada in a post-American world.
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How geopolitical rifts cut scientific collaboration
September 11, 2026
This article by Science Business explores new Growth Lab research which finds that geopolitical tensions reduce scientific collaboration, yet despite worsening relations—international research remains near record levels, suggesting that global science is relatively resilient.
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Building Canada’s Post-American Economy
September 2, 2026
In this op-ed for Project Syndicate, Ricardo Hausmann and Eric Protzer explain how reducing Canada’s dependence on the US market will require building industries that can compete globally while removing the structural barriers that prevent innovative Canadian firms from scaling.
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Trump is taxing the dark matter that pays America’s way
August 13, 2026
In this op-ed for The Financial Times, Ricardo Hausmann explains why the administration’s tariff regime undermines the income the US receives from deploying knowledge abroad.
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Cambodia deepens reform drive with Harvard economist Hausmann
August 6, 2026
Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol met with Ricardo Hausmann to discuss Cambodia’s long‑term development strategy.
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Uzbekistan, Harvard Growth Lab Discuss Women’s Empowerment
August 5, 2026
Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Dilnoza Kattakhanova and Ricardo Hausmann discuss strategy for expanding women’s economic opportunities.
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AI giants revive the golden era of invention
July 13, 2026
Growth Lab research on innovation and U.S patents anchors this Reuters’ article which contends the rising costs of frontier AI are pulling basic research back into large corporate labs—Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta—much like Bell Labs and GE in the mid‑20th century.