Making A Best-Case “Pivot To Trade” Scenario for Trump
Donald Trump sounds like a protectionist. In his speech to the New York Economic Club last week, he condemned “these terrible trade deals,” by which he meant mo...
NAFTA, Other Agreements
When Trump and Clinton Talk Bad About Trade, Silence is Not Golden
I’ve never seen American politicians as hostile to free trade as they are right now. We’ve witnessed spats of protectionism before, but it seems like today’s...
Getting On With It Post Brexit
The swift formation of the UK’s post-Brexit government removes one element of uncertainty. David Cameron has stepped away as Prime Minister, Theresa May has mov...
Why Trade Matters
Two weeks ago, my brother, my wife and I, and our farm crew loaded five boxcars with pinto beans grown on our family farm in North Dakota. Bound for Mexico, the...
Post Brexit: It’s Time to Talk Trade with the UK
Earlier this week, Americans celebrated the original Brexit—the Declaration of Independence, written and signed in 1776. More than five years would pass befo...
Farming With No Borders: Why a UK Farmer Will Vote to Stay in the EU
History shows the unique nature of the UK as an island, separated from mainland Europe by a mere 22 miles, that has kept the same borders and was last invaded i...
Iowa’s Raucous Trade Caucus
Nobody knows who will win the Iowa caucuses on Monday, but judging from the latest polls, it looks like the top finishers in both parties will be trade protecti...
US trade with Cuba will Import Goods and Ideas
The red-white-and-blue flag of Cuba now flies before a reopened embassy in Washington, D.C.—a powerful emblem of the new bond between the United States and its ...
It’s Elementary: Data shows that free trade improves our quality of life
If Sherlock Holmes were to share an insight, you’d pay attention, right? That’s what I would do. Dr. Watson, the famous detective’s longtime assistant, would...
Thank you to the Senators who did the right thing and passed TPA
The good news is that Congress finally passed Trade Promotion Authority last week, in what may be the toughest vote our lawmakers have cast so far this year. ...