Caribbean Trade Dispute Gives the U.S. a Rum for Its Money

By K. William Watson

Rum subsidies in U.S. Caribbean islands have sparked an internal trade war and are inviting a World Trade Organization (WTO) challenge from ill-affected countries in the region. According to an envoy representing a number of Caribbean countries that recently came to Washington, the U.S. government is unwittingly funding industrial policy in the U.S. Virgin Islands [...]

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Congress Poised to Escalate the U.S.-China Trade War

By Daniel Ikenson

U.S. policymakers hold the key to vastly improved economic relations with China.  They also have the key to the vehicle that will take the bilateral relationship over the cliff, which appears to be the route that has been chosen. Republican House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp will introduce legislation this afternoon that makes explicit the [...]

Congress Poised to Escalate the U.S.-China Trade War is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog

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