Just a quick note to readers that the platform on which the IELP blog is hosted is shutting down at the end of September. Bear with me over the next few weeks as I find a new platform. Blogging might

In an interview last week, David Faber of CNBC pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on several Trump administration actions that could be characterized as “state capitalism”: Faber: As somebody who’s been around the capital markets for years, as you have

I’m no antitrust expert, but I do have some opinions on it, and I’m going to offer a few of them in this post. As an intro, I want to mention a speech by Notre Dame law professor Roger Alford

University of Florida law professor Wentong Zheng has posted a new paper called “Presidential Tariffs,” in which he argues that the IEEPA should not be interpreted to allow the President to proclaim tariff modifications for the purpose of entering into

The following is an excerpt from a new Yeutter Institute piece by University of Nebraska law professor Matthew Schaefer entitled “Trump Administration Trade Policy: A Historical Perspective and Key Questions & Takeaways,” offering a good roundup of a lot of

In an op-ed in the FT entitled “Opponents of Trump’s tariffs should be wary of relying on the courts,” Todd Tucker argues against U.S. courts striking down Trump’s IEEPA tariffs. I have some questions and comments on his views of

This is a guest post from Boston College law professor Frank Garcia. (Cross-posted from the Cambridge University press blog) The first year of Trump’s second term has been a chaotic one for trade, as for so much else.