New Video Argues for Use of WTO to Advance Trade Agenda

Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation

For Immediate Release
Monday, October 7, 2019
202-285-0244
www.freedomandprosperity.org

New Video Argues for Use of WTO to Advance Trade Agenda

(Washington, DC, Monday, October 7, 2019) A new video narrated by Dan Mitchell, Chairman of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation, explains why policymakers should be using the World Trade Organization (WTO), instead of attacking it. The 4-minute presentation is titled, “The World Trade Organization: Reducing Taxes on Global Commerce,” explains why the Trump administration’s attacks on the WTO are misguided and counterproductive. The organization overwhelming benefits the United States, and should be used to advance a free trade agenda.

Executive Summary:

This four-minute mini-documentary from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity explains how the World Trade Organization helps consumers and taxpayers by pressuring politicians to lower taxes on cross-border trade. The United States is a main beneficiary since other countries face pressure to lower barriers to American exports.

Dan Mitchell is a leading expert on fiscal policy and international tax competition. In addition to being Chairman of CF&P, Dan previously served as a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation, and as an economist for Senator Bob Packwood and the Senate Finance Committee. He is the author of The Flat Tax: Freedom Fairness, Jobs, and Growth, a co-author of Global Tax Revolution, and is a frequent TV commentator.

This new video is part of CF&P Foundation’s Economic Lessons Series, which includes over 50 videos with more than 2 million views.

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Image credit: World Trade Organization | CC BY-SA 2.0.