by Dan Mitchell | Feb 1, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Peter Navarro was an “environmental activist” Democrat who ran for office several times in the 1990s on a “no-growth platform” in California. He’s still against growth today, but he now works for Donald Trump and is a big supporter of the President’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Regulations, Trade
Back in 2017, I graded Trump’s first 100 days and I followed in 2018 by grading his first year. So let’s grade the first year of Trump’s encore presidency and we’ll start with this report card. As you can see, I’m only grading Trump’s economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2026 | Blogs, Trade
About one week ago, I wrote about Trump’s foolish protectionism causing a sluggish job market. Two months ago, I shared some data showing that his policies were hurting blue-collar workers. Today, let’s specifically look at manufacturing employment. We’ll start with...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2026 | Blogs, Trade
In an interview with Gunther Fehlinger, I was asked about Trump’s protectionist policies. Understandably, I was not overflowing with praise. Let’s now look at some economic data. Two weeks ago, I wrote a column entitled “By His Own Standard, Trump’s Trade Agenda Is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Featured, Trade
I don’t agree with Donald Trump’s view that trade deficits are bad. Why? Because I understand that a trade deficit is merely the flip side of a capital surplus. In other words, when foreigners earn dollars, they often think investing in the...
