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Saturday, May 25, 2013

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Obama’s selection of Michael Froman as US Trade Rep is an excellent choice

Claude Barfield | May 6, 2013, 11:53 am

No white smoke floated up from the White House when the president announced that he had chosen deputy security adviser Michael Froman as the new US Trade Representative; but there was a huge, collective sigh of relief from all elements … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Germany must go beyond rhetoric on Iran

Niklas Anzinger and Ludwig Jung | April 8, 2013, 1:38 pm

While the German government aggressively pursues economic reform within the eurozone, it remains remarkably inactive in foreign policy. Be it Libya, Syria, or Mali, Europe’s largest economy refuses to assume responsibility on the international stage. As a principled international actor, … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Asia

Is Japan joining the TPP trade negotiations a gamechanger?

Claude Barfield | March 15, 2013, 4:02 pm

“Gamechanger” is an overused metaphor these days, but I am comfortable with positing that the announcement today by Japanese Prime Minister Abe that Japan would move to join the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiations is certainly a “game enhancer.” If … read more >

Carpe Diem

‘Big Chemical’ continues to make the case that it’s entitled to the natural resources of US energy companies

Mark J. Perry | February 25, 2013, 11:55 am

Here’s a re-write of an op-ed in today’s WSJ by Dow Chemical CEO Andrew N. Liveris: New Title: “Wanted: An UnBalanced Approach to Shale Gas Exports favoring “Big Chemical” and “Big Steel”: Rushing to sell natural gas to Europe and Asia … read more >

Carpe Diem

Steven Landsburg on trade and immigration

Mark J. Perry | February 13, 2013, 11:10 pm

From an interview with economist Steven Landsburg in the current issue of the “Region Focus,” the quarterly magazine of the Richmond Federal Reserve: Trade and immigration are the two most important issues for me for several reasons. First of all, … read more >

Pethokoukis

Did normalizing trade relations with China cost America 1.5 million jobs in 2001?

James Pethokoukis | January 2, 2013, 2:39 pm

While U.S. manufacturing output has continued to rise over recent decades, manufacturing employment has not. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. manufacturing employment fell from roughly 20 million in 1979 to 14 million in 2007 with more than half … read more >

Carpe Diem

Global trade and U.S. exports are at record highs

Mark J. Perry | August 11, 2012, 2:31 pm

According to perma-bear Gary Shilling this week, “We’re already in a global recession,” and ECRI’s Lakshman Achuthan said in July that “the [U.S.] economy is in a recession already.” But if the U.S. and world economies are in recession, why … read more >

Economics, International economy

Senator Schumer’s very bad idea to expand CFIUS

Claude Barfield | August 2, 2012, 3:44 pm

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), always ready to bash China no matter how much it could damage the U.S. economy or our relations with other countries, has proposed that the U.S. intervene to block a $15 billion non-hostile bid by the … read more >

Economics, Society and Culture, Education, Pethokoukis

A nation of dog walkers: Where the jobs are — and are not

James Pethokoukis | July 5, 2012, 11:30 am

Some interesting factoids from today’s WSJ story on non-exportable (or non-tradable) jobs and those jobs machines can’t (yet) do such a home-health aide, personal trainer, and something called “nonfarm animal caretaker.” Here is the good news: Massachusetts Institute of Technology … read more >

Pethokoukis

The Washington Post is going to stick to its anti-Romney offshoring story? Really?

James Pethokoukis | June 27, 2012, 4:49 pm

I’ve written several posts about the Washington Post’s vaporous story accusing Mitt Romney and Bain Capital of being “pioneers” in shipping jobs overseas. Team Romney wanted the newspaper to retract the story. The WaPo has now refused, despite the campaign … read more >