Tag Archives: Trade Policy

The State Of The Union

My take for the New Ledger, along with a teaser:

Surprise! (Trade Policy Edition)

Asian leaders prefer Bush trade policies to Obama trade policies.

Dear Obama Administration

Please start providing some leadership on the issue of trade policy.

If You Go To Buy Tires, And Are Surprised By How Much They Cost . . .

You know whom to blame.

Tariffs And Their Consequences

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:

Say Hello To Protectionism

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:

Reagan Coolidged Kennedy

Quite so.

Ronald Reagan Cunctator

A New York Times report concerning the memoirs of the late Senator Edward Kennedy contained the following snippet about a meeting the Senator and others had with President Reagan:

Trade Policy Follies

In shocking news, protectionism still doesn’t work:

The Worst Rationale For Card-Check Legislation

Jagdish Bhagwati is a very smart man and he does the Lord’s work when it comes to economic policy. I have a great deal of admiration for him, but I just cannot understand why he thinks that card-check legislation would be a good idea.

- March 14, 2010 -

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