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This (Steel) Deal Is Getting Worse All the Time

Scott Lincicome | CATO Institute | 02/08/2022

Yesterday, the Biden administration announced an agreement with Japan to lift some of the U.S. “national security” tariffs on Japanese steel products that the Trump administration imposed in 2018 pursuant…

Steel Tariffs
Trade Law
US-Japan

Protectionism and the Development of the U.S. Maritime Industry

Colin Grabow | Cato Institute | 10/11/2021

The United States is one of the world’s most aggressive...

Maritime Industry
Protectionism
Trade Law
U.S. Policy

The Seeds of Another Trade War over Clean Energy

Nikos Tsafos | Center for Strategic and International Studies | 09/16/2021

The legislative text for the president...

Biden
Build Back Better Act
Energy
Environment
Green Trade
Trade Law
U.S. Policy

New U.S. Tariffs Are Contributing to the Shipping Crisis, and There’s Little We Can Do About It

Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon | Cato Institute | 08/26/2021

Anti-Dumping
Biden
Countervailing Duty
Shipping
Tariffs
Trade Law

Does Anyone Understand the Democrats’ Mind-Bendingly Complicated Carbon Tariff Bill?

Kate Aronoff | New Republic | 07/21/2021

In the past week, the United State...

Congressional Authority
Open Trade
Protectionism
Sustainable Trade
Tariffs
trade
Trade Law
U.S. Policy

Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Conflicting U.S. & EU Sanctions Policies Towards Iran

Jennifer Diaz and Sharath Patil | Customs & International Trade Law | 06/15/2021

EU
European Union
Trade Law
U.S-EU Relations

Biden’s Worker-Centered Trade Policy: Whose Workers?

Desiree LeClercq | World Trade Law | 05/16/2021

As Simon mentioned in an earlier post, various labor-relate...

Biden
Economic Reform
Public Policy
Sustainable Trade
Trade Law
U.S. Policy
United States

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