Dispelling Two Objections To Free Trade
In my recent Defining Ideas article titled “A Refresher Course on Free Trade,” I made the case for free trade. A large part of the economic case is that free trade makes people in…
Why China Trade Talks May Hinge On North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un
Last week Wall Street focused on what the Trump-Xi summit would mean for the China trade war, the global economy and the Dow Jones. But the high-stakes meeting turned out…
Rare-Earths Mining Shows Exactly How China Cheats The United States Through ‘Free Trade’
The United States and China have traded since the early days of our republic, but only recently has the scale of that trade become a political issue. More than any…
Don’t Import Foreign Price Controls; Break Them
By Phil Kerpen • American Commitment Americans are justifiably angry that we pay the highest prescription drugs prices in the world – anger President Trump tapped into on the campaign…
Trump’s Trade Wins Are a Victory for U.S. Workers
by Stephen Moore • Investor’s Business Daily Is it possible that Donald Trump is winning on trade? Last week, Trump apparently delivered two underappreciated victories as a result of his…
Unilateral Disarmament: A Bad Idea with Nukes and Industrial Policy
by George Landrith In 1963, John F. Kennedy delivered his famous “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Twenty-four years later, at the same spot,…
A conservative’s take on the Ex-Im Bank
by George Landrith As a rock-ribbed conservative, I support the entrepreneurial dynamism of free markets. I believe entrepreneurs are more likely than government bureaucrats to build successful businesses and provide…