Mostly Domestic Manufacturing
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance for domestic manufacturing, many observers have spoken in defense of free trade. AIER has its own history of publishing in this area. In this post, I want to highlight one point that we touch …
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Trump, and the Free-Trade Tradeoff
The biggest news story in the world this past week has been the election of Donald Trump, and the biggest reason for his election was the vote of working class white voters in the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, states that had been projected to vote for Hillary Clinton. One current explanation is that these voters felt Trump better understood their economic anxieties better than Clinton – or past Republican candidates. In particular, President-elect Trump spent a lot of time during the campaign talking about trade with China and immigration.
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As U.S. Weighs Trade Pact, Trade Deficit Grows
With the Trans-Pacific Partnership heading to Capitol Hill for ratification, U.S. policymakers will weigh the proposed free-trade zone in an increasingly challenging trade environment. The strong dollar, a weaker global economy and low energy prices have all worked against the United States when it comes to trade, said Bob Hughes, senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. Today, the U.S. posted a trade deficit for the month of
READ MORETax Reform: No Time Like the Present
Research Reports – 02/12/2007 Also: Blame NAFTA?
READ MOREPlaying Chicken with World Trad
Research Reports – 1989, Issue: 03 Also: A Regulatory “Success Story” Undone
READ MOREResearch Reports – 1992, Issue: 04
The Fallacy of “Buy American”; Business Cycle Conditions
READ MOREResearch Reports – 1993, Issue: 18
NAFTA Thoughts; Business Cycle Conditions
READ MOREIn Defense of Cheap Imports
Research Reports – 1996, Issue: 06 Also: Business-Cycle Conditions
READ MORETrading Thoughts
Research Reports – 1997, Issue: 16 Review of Douglas A. Irwin, Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Univer- sity Press, 1996). Professor Irwin was an AIER Summer Fellow in 1985. Also: Business- …
READ MOREYes, We Have No Bananas
Research Reports – 1999, Issue: 07 Also: Guidance From an Economics Classic: Henry George’s ‘Protection or Free Trade’
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