Protectionism

From an open letter to Mr. Trump: A Buy America directive can also hamstring the ability of U.S. pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturers to meet our future needs if firms are denied access to essential foreign supplies. Moreover, we can expect our trading partners to adopt retaliatory “Don’t Buy American”…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) Washington, DC Sen. Hawley: In response to a Dan Drezner column sharply criticizing your embrace of protectionism, you tweet the following: Is this a parody? “While globalization has undeniably created costs for some Americans, those costs are dwarfed by the aggregate benefits.” Right! So Americans should…

Home | Wire | More Protectionism and Regulation Won't Fix the Economy 0 Views Tags ImmigrationProtectionism and Free TradeWar and Foreign PolicyIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant economic strains, some protectionists and anti-immigration ideologues are trying to take advantage of this opportunity to advance their nationalist…

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, at a conference on Feb 5, 2020By Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund on Friday signaled a possible downward revision of global economic forecasts, and warned the United States and China against rekindling a trade war…

We commend the Editors for bringing to readers’ attention the “unfortunate distinction” of Canada's otherwise laudable publicly funded Medicare.1The LancetCanada needs universal pharmacare. The effects of this distinction on health, such as poor adherence, poor health outcomes, and avoidable hospital admissions, are well documented.2Morgan SG Lee A Cost-related non-adherence to…

US President Donald Trump met with China's President Xi Jinping at the startG20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan last year - ReutersRising Sino-US tension is problematic and undermines the broad multinational cooperation needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union's ambassador to China said on Thursday.Nicolas Chapuis said during a briefing…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Rising Sino-U.S. tension is problematic and undermines the broad multinational cooperation needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union’s ambassador to China said on Thursday. Nicolas Chapuis told reporters during a briefing that China is in an unique position to help alleviate tensions and further…

Here’s a letter to the Washington Post: Editor: In praising Oren Cass’s new think tank, American Compass, pushing an agenda of protectionism, Henry Olsen displays a failure to understand the case for free markets and free trade (“This new think tank wants to reform conservatism. Republicans ignore it at their…

Pharmacist Thomas Jensen looks over a prescription drug at the Rock Canyon pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 9, 2019. (George Frey/Reuters) The COVID-19 pandemic is a real crisis. Protectionism is not the solution. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O ne of the most fashionable COVID-19 proposals being circulated by Washington politicians and…

Aravind YeleryIndia’s revised FDI policy sets out a clear target to protect the domestic industry from falling easy prey to a predatory investment by Chinese Inc. It is predatory because Chinese Inc showed a strong appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and in recent years, they have been indiscriminatingly binging…