China’s Currency Manipulation Harms China — Not Its Trading Partners
byAmericans are being told that China’s currency manipulations are causing harm to its trading partners, America being the main victim. Nothing could be further…
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Tariff Wars and the Fallacy of the Balance of Trade
byThe world may be on the brink of a series of trade wars between the United States and both the European Union and China….
IFT and Cobden Centre Video Series: New Zealand Lamb
byWe are working with Dan Hannan MEP’s think tank IFT to explain free trade to a wider audience. One of the questions I frequently…
Benn Steil: Trump said the trade deficit hands jobs and wealth to other countries — here’s why that’s wrong
by“The United States has an $800 Billion Dollar Yearly Trade Deficit because of our ‘very stupid’ trade deals and policies,” tweeted President Trump in…
CFR: Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting U.S. Competitiveness
byby Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca President Trump says that America running a trade deficit means that “jobs and wealth are being given to other countries.”…
Singapore, Trade and Geopolitics
byThe Western media was incredulous. The Donald had disregarded diplomacy, scuttled out of the G7 meeting in Canada without endorsing the G7 agreement, and…
The Best Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: Free Trade
byIn the Bible it says, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone . . .” It also has…
IFT & Cobden Centre Video Series on Free Trade
byThe Cobden Centre is working with free trade think tank IFT, founded by Daniel Hannan MEP, on a video series explaining free trade. Here…
Potato Chips vs. Microchips: A False Dichotomy
byby Mary Lucia Darst It doesn’t make any difference whether a country makes computer chips or potato chips!” ~ attributed to Michael J. Boskin ~…