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Contributors provide unique perspectives on critical trade issues. Author’s views are their own, and do not reflect the views of WITA, its Board or its staff.

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How Open Economies Lead to Open Minds

Walker Wright | Human Progress | 04/07/2026

In earlier essays, I argued that trade makes us richer, more trusting, more honest, and more fair. Yet over the past decade or so, we have witnessed a growing populist backlash against globalization and international trade….

Quotas Can Work Better Than Tariffs to Reshore Production

Jeff Ferry | Coalition for a Prosperous America | 10/24/2024

Tariffs are becoming widely accepted by U.S...

Navigating Protectionism’s Trade Barriers

Jill Hurley | Livingston | 07/10/2024

There was a glorious time not long ago when corporate decision makers and small ...

Are Americans Ready for the U.S.-China Trade War?

Kenneth Rogoff | Project Syndicate | 07/08/2024

The China trade shock of the 1990s and 2000s is widely blamed f...

The Dangerous Retreat Into Protectionism

Carl Bildt | The Strategist | 05/31/2024

Trade barriers, tariffs and other protectionist tools are starting to feature mo...

Free Trade: the Strongest Spell Against Economic Decline

Glen Hodgson and Brooke Medina | RealClearWire | 03/07/2023

In J.K. Rowling’s novel “Harry Potter and the...

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