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GOP the Loser in Primary Fight over Immigration 4 Jan 2012 | 05:57 am
Over at National Review Online this morning, I ask how the Ronald Reagan of 1980 would have fared in today’s Iowa caucuses given his views on how to tackle illegal immigration (“GOP Candidates Betray ...
Our Freedom to Trade Expanded in 2011 31 Dec 2011 | 07:04 am
The news right now is full of retrospective stories about 2011. Not to be left out, here are a few observations on the real if modest progress made in 2011 to expand the freedom of Americans to trade ...
U.S. Falling Behind in Global Competition for Human Capital 30 Dec 2011 | 05:24 am
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, mark...
Treasury Exchange-Rate Report Hits, and Misses 29 Dec 2011 | 08:59 am
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 repo...
Russia’s WTO Membership Approved, But Will U.S. Companies Benefit? 17 Dec 2011 | 09:29 am
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. C...
A Limping WTO Remains a Force for Good 16 Dec 2011 | 11:37 am
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 s...
Border Apprehensions Down. Will Our Politicians Notice? 15 Dec 2011 | 07:10 am
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. F...
U.S. Export Growth on Track, Thanks to China 10 Dec 2011 | 08:21 am
The biz media are predictably hailing the small decline in the U.S. trade deficit in October as good news for the economy, but this morning’s monthly trade report from the U.S. Commerce Department is ...
Will Congress Welcome Russia into the WTO? 8 Dec 2011 | 06:16 am
Next week trade officials representing the more than 150 members of the World Trade Organization will gather in Geneva for a ministerial meeting. Most of the agenda will be a snoozer. The Doha Round i...
U.S. Still “On Track” to Double Exports by 2014 11 Nov 2011 | 06:31 am
In his State of the Union address in January 2010, President Obama launched his National Export Initiative with the explicit goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2014. The Commerce Department’s monthly tr...
