U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer had a NY Times op-ed yesterday entitled “Why We Remade the Global Order.” I have a few reactions to specific things he said. I’ll quote some points from the op-ed and then give a brief
Following up on a previous post of mine, let’s check in on the Trump administration’s efforts to lower drug prices in the U.S. market. A White House fact sheet from last week explains that “Trump sent letters to leading
The Trade, Law and Development (TL&D) journal has issued a Call for Submissions for a special issue on “Into the Future of Global Trade: Tackling Fragmentation, Protectionism, Tariffs, and Beyond.” The call is here. This is an excerpt: While
In an interview with Bloomberg last week, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer was asked about enforcement of all the recently negotiated trade deals: Question: On implementing those deals … you mentioned that you would be looking and monitoring them for
One of the criticisms of the Biden administration on trade policy was that it didn’t put enough effort into improving access for U.S. producers to foreign markets. The Trump administration, by contrast, has made this one of its priorities. But
On the face of things, the trade negotiations triggered by President Trump’s unilateral actions are focused on various trade-related objectives. Trump thinks higher U.S. tariffs are a good way to do some mix of the following: reshore domestic manufacturing, reduce
At the Reindustrialize Summit held in Detroit last week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the following about the decline of American industrial power: At the heyday of American industrialization, our country enjoyed a robust middle class, an unassailable national
This is a guest post from from University of Swansea law professor Arwel Davies On July 15th, UK media outlets reported a new government scheme to support the purchase of EVs with a price of under £37,000. The two grant
In recent months, the Trump administration has undertaken some efforts to lower U.S. drug prices. I’m skeptical that their approach will work, but nevertheless it involves a range of issues that interact in interesting ways. With the caveat that I’m
In recent years, there have been someprominentvoices out there criticizing the decision to allow China to join the WTO. One thing I have trouble understanding is what the critics see as the counterfactual: How exactly do they think