Tag Archives : Protectionism
Trump’s Zero-Tariff Proposal: Throwaway Line or Serious Offer?
There’s cause for skepticism about Trump supporting free trade among G7 nations.
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Trump’s Protectionism and the Danger of a 1930s-Style Tit-for-Tat Trade War
Bipartisan legislation would curtail Trump’s authority to unilaterally destabilize world trade.
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Trump’s Failing Grade on Trade Threatens His Overall GPA on Economic Policy
Trump is sabotaging the progress he made on tax policy and regulation.
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To Discourage China’s Mercantilism, Trump Should Use the World Trade Organization instead of Unilateral Trade Barriers
Unilateral tariffs on China are a mistake.
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Using Protectionism to Reduce Protectionism?
The last thing the world needs is a repeat of the 1930s.
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Is Good Globalism Being Undermined by Bad Globalism?
What does globalism actually mean?
read more...The (Highly Implausible but Theoretically Attractive) Case for Import Taxes
The strongest case for trade taxes still comes up short.
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Will Congress Reject Trump’s Job-Killing Tax Increases on Trade?
Bastiat warned us.
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Sugar Subsidies Impose a Bitter Price on Workers, Consumers, and Taxpayers
The high costs of handouts for Big Sugar.
read more...Will Trump Sabotage America’s Economy by Wrecking NAFTA?
Trade is not a contest between countries.
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