Protectionism

Europe has a plan to regulate its way into being a technology powerhouse. According to The Wall Street Journal, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton explained Europe’s thinking this way: “We recognize we missed the first battle, the battle of personal data. Europe has everything it takes to lead the ‘big data’ race, and…

The false notion that the US has eliminated virtually all of its barriers to foreign imports has been repeated more and more in recent years. The claim is made both by advocates for free trade and by its critics. For instance, Patrick Buchanan has claimed that only American elites "are beneficiaries…

As politicians react to the coronavirus outbreak, more than a few seem to be following the old adage that you should never let a good crisis go to waste.Since it is only a matter of time before Democrats and Republicans start accusing the other side of using a public health…

February 27, 2020• Commentary A new band of conservatives has joined progressives’ longstanding drive to save Americans from the scourge of libertarian economics, and one of their primary targets is … U.S. trade policy? Apparently so, according to the head of the newly formed American Compass, Oren Cass. He tells…

Writing for The New York Times on Wednesday, columnist Thomas Edsall broke down how President Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric galvanizes conservative white voters — and what evidence shows is the best way Democrats can neuter it. “A forthcoming paper by Desmond King and Rogers M. Smith, political scientists at Oxford…

In my column for the June 21st, 2008, edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review I wrote about the power of ideas. You can read my column beneath the fold. (I can’t find this version on-line at the Trib, but I did find it on-line here.)Idea power At the end of a famous…

NEW DELHI — When President Donald Trump arrived in India on Monday, he was met with a spectacle his host hopes will win him over.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has organized a two-day state visit that includes potentially one of the largest crowds Trump has ever addressed — at a…

Trade talks between India and the US are set to be tough as Washington wants to take up protectionism concerns related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme.But New Delhi holds the view that the recent increase in import tariffs on a number of items announced in the…

Trade ties between the United States and India have long been problematic but under “America First” President Donald Trump and “Make in India” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they have worsened. While eclipsed by his trade war with China, Trump’s tussle with India, and New Delhi’s prickly reaction, has made a…

NEW DELHI: Trade ties between the United States and India have long been problematic but under "America First" President Donald Trump and "Make in India" Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they have worsened.While eclipsed by his trade war with China, Trump's tussle with India, and New Delhi's prickly reaction, has made a…