International Freedom and Trade
Mercatus is taking on the “China Challenge.” Mercatus research shows how the United States can engage with other great powers, including major authoritarian regimes around the world, in a way that is both market-preserving and liberty-preserving. Neither blunt-force measures like import tariffs nor “romantic engagement” that overlooks security consequences will achieve this goal.
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Economic Impacts of the Dockworkers' Strike | C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal”
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Longshore Workers Strike | WTAN radio's Freedom Works / The Paul Molloy Show (FL)
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Green Policies and International Trade: Averting a Collision Course
Government-mandated approaches such as carbon taxes and subsidies can be expensive, ineffective, and difficult to sustain in the long run. Market-based carbon pricing schemes and trade partnerships provide a viable and less costly way forward.
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Harris’s Econ Plans, AI’s Big Energy Needs: Asking for a Trend | Yahoo! Finance
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The Collision Course of Green Policies and International Trade | Discourse
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China’s Domestic Politics and Editorial Control over Foreign News Coverage in the People’s Daily, 1993–2022
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Supply Chains Are Making It Hard for Countries to Manage Their New Trade Rules
The increasing fragmentation of trade governance and the growing importance of globally distributed supply chains pose new challenges for the future of unilateral and plurilateral agreements.
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What JD Vance Doesn’t Understand About Free Trade | Bloomberg Opinion
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Trade Doesn’t Require a Bunch of Free-market-loving Capitalists | Forbes
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The Tariff Paradox: Americans Love Free Trade More Than They Realize | Creators Syndicate
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Why the New York Fed Asks Ordinary Folks Where Inflation Is Headed | Marketplace Radio
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Finding a Way Forward on Trade: Pragmatism in the Face of Challenges
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Trade's Role in Helping the Next President Address Immigration | KSL-AM
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Services Exports Are a Critical and Growing Part of the Economy | Marketplace Radio
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Comments Encouraging a Broader Analysis of the Impacts of Proposed Restrictions on Outbound Investment
Comments on Provisions Pertaining to US Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern
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How Trade Can Help the Next President Curb the Immigration Crisis | The Hill
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PCE Price Index | BBC World
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International Trade Policy under Biden: The “New” Washington Consensus and Its Discontents
The Biden administration is abandoning the rules-based international trading system in favor of a self-proclaimed New Washington Consensus that redefines trade policy. Can it work?
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Blame “Free Trade?” We’ve Never Had It | Forbes
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Christine McDaniel Discusses US Trade Policy and China | C-SPAN
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Economic Impacts of the Dockworkers' Strike | C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal”
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Longshore Workers Strike | WTAN radio's Freedom Works / The Paul Molloy Show (FL)
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Green Policies and International Trade: Averting a Collision Course
Government-mandated approaches such as carbon taxes and subsidies can be expensive, ineffective, and difficult to sustain in the long run. Market-based carbon pricing schemes and trade partnerships provide a viable and less costly way forward.
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Harris’s Econ Plans, AI’s Big Energy Needs: Asking for a Trend | Yahoo! Finance
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The Collision Course of Green Policies and International Trade | Discourse
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China’s Domestic Politics and Editorial Control over Foreign News Coverage in the People’s Daily, 1993–2022
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Supply Chains Are Making It Hard for Countries to Manage Their New Trade Rules
The increasing fragmentation of trade governance and the growing importance of globally distributed supply chains pose new challenges for the future of unilateral and plurilateral agreements.
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What JD Vance Doesn’t Understand About Free Trade | Bloomberg Opinion
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Trade Doesn’t Require a Bunch of Free-market-loving Capitalists | Forbes
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The Tariff Paradox: Americans Love Free Trade More Than They Realize | Creators Syndicate
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Why the New York Fed Asks Ordinary Folks Where Inflation Is Headed | Marketplace Radio
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Finding a Way Forward on Trade: Pragmatism in the Face of Challenges
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Trade's Role in Helping the Next President Address Immigration | KSL-AM
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Services Exports Are a Critical and Growing Part of the Economy | Marketplace Radio
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Comments Encouraging a Broader Analysis of the Impacts of Proposed Restrictions on Outbound Investment
Comments on Provisions Pertaining to US Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern
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How Trade Can Help the Next President Curb the Immigration Crisis | The Hill
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PCE Price Index | BBC World
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International Trade Policy under Biden: The “New” Washington Consensus and Its Discontents
The Biden administration is abandoning the rules-based international trading system in favor of a self-proclaimed New Washington Consensus that redefines trade policy. Can it work?
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Blame “Free Trade?” We’ve Never Had It | Forbes
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Navigating the WTO’s Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Prohibition for Countries in the Caribbean Community
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What to Do When Small-Scale Fishing Is Not So Small
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AgTech Innovation Roundtable Report | Yeutter Institute
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Jurisdictional Initiatives Can Catalyze Holistic Fisheries Improvement
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Paying People Not to Fish
Using Buyback Programs to Curb Overfishing
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Fixing Global Fisheries
Reconciling Domestic Incentives and International Commitments
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT | The Benefits of Free Trade and How to Get More of It
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Submarine Cables and Container Shipments: Two Immediate Risks to the US Economy if China Invades Taiwan
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Deepen US-Canada Ties with a Post-COVID-19 Agreement for the Free Movement of People
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Unintended Consequences of Restrictions on H-1B Visas
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Enhance a US-UK Trade Agreement with Freer Movement of People
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Evaluating the Opportunity for US-UK Financial Services Trade Liberalization
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More Immigration Needed to Offset COVID-19 and America’s Demographic Decline
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Removing Barriers to US-UK Agricultural Trade
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The Case for and against a Policy of Unilateral Trade Liberalization
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Time for US Unilateral Trade Liberalization
A Trade Agreement with Ourselves
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Ex-Im Favors High-Income Nations When Choosing What Exports to Support
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Uncertainty about Future Policy Changes Could Be Harming the US Economy
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Immigration Reform Is Key in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis
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Looking Ahead to MC13 | CSIS
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Did the Biden Admin Wait To Deal with Potential Security Threat of Chinese Cranes? | Lars Larson Show
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The US Is Retaliating Against Russia Now … for the Death of Aleksei Navalny | Lars Larson Show
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US Productivity Is up for the Third Quarter in a Row. What Does That Mean? | Marketplace Radio
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US-China Relations & Taiwan Elections | C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal”
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Shipping Rates Rise as Red Sea Attacks Continue | Marketplace Radio
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Trade Issues and the Lack of New US Trade Deals | American Ag Network
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World Bank: Record Debt Hurting Developing Countries | Marketplace Radio
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WTO Cuts Its Forecast for 2023’s Global Trade Growth in Half | Marketplace Radio
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Biden Assures Allies US to Continue Support for Ukraine | Voice of America’s “Flashpoint Ukraine”
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China's Economy Is Struggling. Still Want To Emulate it? | CBS Radio’s “Eye on the World with John Batchelor”
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What Does Xi Jinping Want of the Expanded BRICS? | CBS Radio’s “Eye on the World with John Batchelor”
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Should Americans Be Concerned About the “BRIC” Summit? | Lars Larson Show
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Matt Chorley: More Politics (Still No Boring Bits) | The Times Radio (UK)
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Yellen in China, Jobs Day Preview, and Fed Minutes | Fox Business Network
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American Intelligence Agencies ‘Falling Behind’ China | Fox Business Network
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Rishi Sunak’s Bilateral Meeting With Biden | BBC News
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Cozy and Long-standing Industrial Policy in the EU and US | The John Batchelor Show
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Biden Wants To Reshape the Economy by Investing in America, Not Unlike Trump | NPR
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WTO Fisheries Stall, Plurilateral Deal Is Next Best Option | Forbes
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Reviving the Oceans, Revitalizing the WTO: Three Ways to Make the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies a Success | Trade Experettes
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The Asia-Pacific Holds the Key to Tackling Overfishing | The Diplomat
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Market-based Solutions at Sea: Leveraging the WTO to Save Our Oceans | C3 Magazine
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‘Friendshoring’ Sounds Nice, but Who Are America’s True Friends? | The Hill
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India’s Crucial Role in Combating Global Overfishing Crisis | Forbes
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The High Cost of the Trump-Biden Tariffs | The Wall Street Journal
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Trade Troubles: A Blue Christmas for US Farmers | Forbes
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International Goods and Workers Bring Tidings of Great Joy to the Economy | The Hill
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What (and Why) Will We Buy in 2024? In America, Less Stuff and More Fun | The New York Times’ “Turning Points”
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The Clouds on the Horizon for America’s Electric Vehicle Industry | The Hill
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America: Keep a Cool Head, and Don’t Forget About China | The Hill
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More Tariffs Is the Last Thing America Needs | The Wall Street Journal
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Industry Can Be a Powerful Ally in the Fight Against Global Overfishing | Discourse
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Green Steel Deal: Protectionism Wears a Green Mask This Halloween | Forbes
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Trump’s Trade War Was a Loser | The Wall Street Journal
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Adam Smith's Presumption for Unilateral Free Trade | National Review
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How To Tell Where the Global Economy Is Headed | Bloomberg Opinion
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Janet Yellen's Trip to Beijing and U.S.-China Relations | C-SPAN
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