Posted by Sallie James on August 17, 2010
Following Dan’s and David’s recent posts on the trade deficit and its (ir)relevance, allow me to draw readers’ attention to the Economist’s “By Invitation” blog, where invited prominent economists debate topical economic issues. One of their current questions is: Should governments take any steps to boost exports? That’s an important topic, and an especially timely one [...]
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Tags: exports, imports, International Economics and Development, laurence kotlikoff, NEI, scott sumner, the economist, Trade and Immigration, trade deficits | 
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Posted by Daniel Ikenson on August 17, 2010
The Mexican government announced yesterday that it will expand the list of U.S. products subject to punitive import duties in retaliation for a brazen, 15-year-long refusal of the United States to honor its NAFTA commitment to allow Mexican long-haul trucks to compete in the U.S. market. Given continued U.S. intransigence on the issue, Mexico’s decision [...]
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Tags: exports, mexican, Mexico, NAFTA, national export initiative, NEI, protectionism, Teamsters, Trade and Immigration, truck ban | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel Ikenson on July 29, 2010
By Daniel Ikenson
In his State of the Union address this year, President Obama announced a goal of doubling U.S. exports in five years. The “National Export Initiative” has since become the centerpiece of his administration’s trade policy, complete with its own Executive Order, organizational structure, and dedicated website.
Although I would be happy to see exports double in [...]
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Posted by Daniel Ikenson on May 20, 2010
By Daniel Ikenson
In honor of World Trade Week—and for its decreed purpose of educating Americans about trade—this post is about U.S. trade policy working at cross-purposes with other policies or goals of the administration. So numerous are these examples of trade policy dissonance, that a committed wonk could devote an entire website to the task of documenting [...]
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Tags: economic growth, economic recession, exports, foreign markets, General, imports, International, international trade commission, manufacturing jobs, NAFTA, Obama administration, production, Trade and Immigration, trade policy | No Comments »
Posted by Alan Reynolds on May 18, 2010
By Alan Reynolds
What does the Greco-Euro currency/debt crisis mean for the U.S. economy?
Nearly everyone except the uniquely wise economist John Cochrane assumes very bad “contagion” effects –on U.S. banks, exports and particularly U.S. manufacturing.
This echoes identical anxieties while the world went through a far more dramatic Asian currency crisis after July 1997, and a Russian debt crisis [...]
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Tags: Energy and Environment, europe, exports, Finance, Banking & Monetary Policy, foreign currency, Foreign Policy and National Security, growth, International Economics and Development, john cochrane, manufacturing sector, recession, Texas | No Comments »
Posted by Alan Reynolds on May 18, 2010
By Alan Reynolds
What does the Greco-Euro currency/debt crisis mean for the U.S. economy?
Nearly everyone except the uniquely wise economist John Cochrane assumes very bad “contagion” effects –on U.S. banks, exports and particularly U.S. manufacturing.
This echoes identical anxieties while the world went through a far more dramatic Asian currency crisis after July 1997, and a Russian debt crisis [...]
Categories: Politics |
Tags: Energy and Environment, europe, exports, Finance, Banking & Monetary Policy, foreign currency, Foreign Policy and National Security, growth, International Economics and Development, john cochrane, manufacturing sector, recession, Texas | No Comments »
