Free Trade
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Time Matters in Trade and Immigration Policy
We’ve been writing a lot lately about trade and immigration policy, and getting a wide array of thought-provoking comments. It strikes me that a key source of the disconnect in […]
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President Trump Slaps a Tariff on Canada
“Canadian Bacon” is a mid-1990s satire of U.S. politics. In the film, the president tries to boost the economy by starting a war with Canada. The opening salvo involves Bud […]
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A Border-Adjustment Tax Will Not Help the Economy Grow
House Speaker Paul Ryan recently proposed a tax plan called A Better Way: A Vision for a Confident America. Ryan’s plan to make the United States more competitive includes a tax cut for businesses, a switch to a territorial tax system, and a border-adjustment tax. A tax cut and a switch to a territorial system…
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How Much Does Trade Affect Employment?
How much does import competition affect U.S. jobs? We at AIER have always argued for the benefits of free trade, but it is still worth understanding what happens to those […]
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Understanding Trade
Few areas of life are as poorly understood as trade. This is remarkable because each of us engages in trade every day. We buy our groceries, clothing, electronics, etc. from other people rather than making them ourselves. If we didn’t think trade was worthwhile, we wouldn’t do it. But we do—because we know how poor…
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A Border Adjustment Tax Is Protectionism
Free trade lets global markets provide consumers with the best products at the lowest prices. Throughout its history, AIER has consistently argued against restrictions on free trade—protectionism—and likewise we oppose […]
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Home and Abroad on the Range: U.S. Ranchers and Trade
We at AIER recently wrote an article defending free trade amid a new climate of protectionism. While the arguments for free trade apply to all sectors of the economy, we […]
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“Unfair” Trade, At Home and Abroad
We received some great questions from readers on our recent article about free trade, many of which had to do with how we should respond to unfair trading practices […]
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Fighting Protectionism Once Again
“When adversely affected minorities are politically powerful, governments often intervene with special-privilege legislation to insulate the “injured” parties from the effects of international cooperation or to give them special advantages […]
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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 […]
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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…
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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…
