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...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 9, 2025 | Blogs, Trade
Back in 2018, I wrote about Trump’s foolish protectionism backfiring against American farmers. But rather than reverse the mistake of higher taxes on trade, Trump decided to take more money from taxpayers and give it to farmers. This was a tragic...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 20, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Trump does not understand trade. But he is effective at imposing bad trade policy, as captured by this tweet. And why did Trump impose that bad trade policy? Because he mistakenly thinks trade deficits are bad. So have his big trade taxes lowered...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
There are five contestants so far for the 2025 counter-tweet of the year. Slapping down a leftist who wanted people to think freebies are the route to political success. Slapping down a leftist who wanted people to think capitalism is correlated with poverty. Slapping...
