More people should be outraged over the fact that the Obama Administration has settled into a default protectionist stance on the issue of trade. Restricting trade will do nothing whatsoever to improve our economy; if anything, protectionism only increases the chances that we will experience a double-dip recession. And yet, the Obama Administration does not seem to be willing to do anything in order to further the process of trade liberalization.
Building an economic Fortress America has never brought us prosperity in the past. It is impossible to see how it will bring us anything resembling prosperity in the future. And it is impossible to see how an administration that says it is committed to improving the economy could be taken seriously when it allows protectionism to run rampant in U.S. trade policy.
February 2, 2010 – 9:33 pm
Daniel Ikenson puts forth a very good argument concerning the Obama Administration’s–and Congressional Democrats’–favorite excuse for slowing down action on the trade liberalization front:
January 28, 2010 – 5:59 pm
My take for the New Ledger, along with a teaser:
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January 21, 2010 – 10:59 pm
Boy, those were the days.
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November 24, 2009 – 1:07 am
I recognize that some contentions in the world are controversial, but some contentions should be accepted without much resistance, if any.
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November 19, 2009 – 7:29 pm
Asian leaders prefer Bush trade policies to Obama trade policies.
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September 13, 2009 – 12:33 pm
Commenting on the report about the Obama Administration’s foolish decision to impose tire tariffs, Irwin Stelzer discusses the likely consequences of the President’s decision to be a protectionist:
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September 12, 2009 – 10:16 am
I didn’t like the steel, lumber, and paper tariffs that the Bush Administration imposed in order to coddle American industries and keep them from having to undergo the rigors of international competition. And I certainly don’t like the Obama Administration’s decision to keep the protectionist tariff tradition going:
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