During his 2008 presidential run, the late Senator John McCain laid out his vision for the United States to be at the center of a “League of Democracies” to advance … READ MORE
Trade
How To Punish China Without Hurting the U.S.
The United States faces a great-power threat from China. That much was made clear by the National Defense Strategy crafted in 2018 under then-Defense Secretary James Mattis. “China,” the report … READ MORE
Congress’s Big Decision on Trade Authority
A lot of discussion has been made over the past few years about Congress, President Trump, and who really has authority over trade policy in America. Article I, Section 8 … READ MORE
What Donald Trump Still Doesn’t Get About Trade
In the latest nightmare scenario for free traders, U.S. trade policy has been driving the news again with President Donald Trump’s decision to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of … READ MORE
Trade War Tradeoffs
It has been nine months since the Trump administration issued a series of tariffs on Chinese goods and kicked off an ever-escalating trade war. With debate running hot among political … READ MORE
Tariffs Beg the Question to Administration: Do You Even Econ, Bro?
In what is bound to be the least surprising headline of the year, it would seem that the tariff war between the United States and her trading partners is not … READ MORE
The Administration is Pulling a J.R. Smith on the Economy
As Washington seemingly descends into the kind of madness only a Supreme Court nomination can cause, the economy continues to move along at a pace not witnessed in five years. … READ MORE
Farm Bailout: Kids Sitting at the Adult’s Table
The Department of Agriculture announced this week that it would hand out $4.7 billion in taxpayer dollars to farmers in response to the increasingly dire impact that its trade war … READ MORE