By Daniel Griswold
A powerful trend in today’s more globalized world is the growing competition among nations to attract and keep human capital — people with the skills and education necessary to make a modern, open, market economy hum. Nobody has done a better job of describing this phenomenon than British journalist Robert Guest in his new book, [...]
U.S. Falling Behind in Global Competition for Human Capital is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel Griswold
The U.S. Treasury Department finally released its overdue semiannual “Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies” yesterday. I’ve been reading through the informative report this morning so you won’t need to. Two quick comments: First, the report declined, once again, to brand China a “currency manipulator,” and for good reason. The term [...]
Treasury Exchange-Rate Report Hits, and Misses is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel Ikenson
Earlier this year, the Cato Institute published this paper, which describes the self-flagellating nature of the U.S. antidumping law. Nearly 80 percent of all U.S. antidumping measures imposed between 2000 and 2009 (130 of 164 measures) restrict imports of intermediate goods—inputs required by U.S. producers for their own production processes. Antidumping duties on magnesium, polyvinyl [...]
Solar Panel Case Shines Light on the Imperative of U.S. Trade Law Reform is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Sallie James
Politico yesterday reported that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is upset. According to him, the USDA just don’t get no respect: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wants to spread the message to anyone who’ll listen: The U.S. Department of Agriculture isn’t just about farming anymore. “This department is not appreciated,” the former Iowa governor told POLITICO in a recent interview. “We are [...]
The USDA: Your One-Stop Shop is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
I’ve written several times about the foolish War on Drugs, which has been about as misguided and ineffective as the government’s War on Poverty. So when I saw a news report about a couple of Swedes getting busted for smuggling 200-plus kilos of contraband into Norway, and then another story about a Russian getting caught [...]
Big Government Causes Crime, the Norwegian Version is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel Griswold
At their ongoing ministerial meeting in Geneva, the World Trade Organization’s 153 members earlier today unanimously approved Russia’s accession as a member. The ball is now in the court of the U.S. Congress to effectively ratify this historic development or to forfeit significant benefits for the U.S. economy. Russia will officially become a member 30 [...]
Russia’s WTO Membership Approved, But Will U.S. Companies Benefit? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel Griswold
Trade ministers from more than 150 countries are gathering today in Geneva, Switzerland, for a three-day ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization. These meetings happen every two years or so. No great breakthroughs are expected at this one, but it does offer an opportunity to take stock of where the WTO and world trade [...]
WTO Remains a Force for Good is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel Griswold
Apprehensions along America’s southwest border have plunged in the past decade. Although there have been plenty of stories about it this week, our politicians have yet to grasp this important fact. From a peak in 2000, the annual number of arrests along our 2,000 mile border with Mexico has plunged by more than 75 percent. [...]
Border Apprehensions Down. Will Our Politicians Notice? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Sallie James
Some disturbing news indeed reached my inbox today (HT: David Boaz). Apparently honey is entering the United States under assumed identities. Chinese honey, once ubiquitous, was largely shut out of the American market through anti-dumping measures. So, this article from NPR.org alleges, it started to be sold through a third country (perhaps Indonesia, Thailand, or Malaysia) [...]
Citizens! Do You Know the Source of Your Honey? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Ilya Shapiro
The Supreme Court has agreed to review Arizona v. United States, the case regarding SB 1070, the Arizona law (only) four sections of which have been enjoined by the lower courts: requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone they have lawfully detained whom they have reasonable suspicion to believe may be in the country [...]
Supreme Court Takes Up Arizona Immigration Law is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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