Protectionism

You’d think that if Congress made it a point to bail out an industry with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, it wouldn’t sabotage it at the same time. Yet this is exactly what is happening to airlines as a result of Washington’s politics-first fixation with preserving low-traffic airports. The…

Here’s a letter to the Washington Post: Editor: Henry Olsen pleads for President Trump to “protect” Americans from low oil prices (“It’s time to put ‘America First,’ President Trump. Protect us from the oil glut.” April 7). Alas, in arguing for making petroleum artificially scarce in the U.S. Mr. Olsen…

The Pulse | Diplomacy | South Asia Does India have a post-pandemic template for global leadership in the 21st century? Credit: sanyambahga via FlickrLast month, Thomas Friedman wrote in his New York Times column that world history should henceforth be divided into “B.C. and A.C.” – “Before Corona” and “After Corona.” It’s far too…

In an article in The Atlantic entitled “Consider the Possibility That Trump Is Right About China,” a former Trump administration national security official makes a wide range of arguments that probably deserve a rebuttal, but for now I’m going to focus on the following one: Many of President Trump’s critics in the foreign‐​policy…

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As the COVID-19 pandemic brings major economies to their heel under lockdown, there is mounting concern that the global trade and supply chain system could buckle within weeks. Collapsed supply and demand, transport frictions, labor shortages and, in some cases, early signs of protectionism, are making it increasingly tough for suppliers…

Relief should look beyond the immediate medical emergency and toward new policy that would spark manufacturing, here.Just as it was not an accident that the U.S. was unprepared for a global pandemic, it is not an accident that America is overly vulnerable to global supply chain disruption. The two phenomena…

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OTTAWA—The Canadian government confronted the ugly face of pandemic protectionism Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a halt to American exports of much-needed specialized medical masks and other medical supplies to Canada and Latin American markets.Late Friday, the Trump administration ordered the tighter restrictions, saying the Homeland Security Department…

How long can an economy that is legally about pretty much nothing but food production, distribution, and sales survive in this COVID-19 haunted world?The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) isn't feeling good about the near future, to judge from the statements posted on its website. "As of now,…