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• U.S. puts 148% anti-dumping duty on Chinese Steel Grating

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 572
  A little good news. The United States put a reliminary anti-dumping duties of up to 145.18% on steel grating and also put a 10-16% anti-dumping duty on Chinese steel pipe. Recall the Bush administration didnt lift a damn finger on Chinas dumping practices. The United States imported about $91 million worth of ...
  12 hours ago

• Ticket Replay: GOP gains first lead in generic congressional polls since Obama took office

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 798
  As the holidays unfold, our thoughts on The Ticket turn to not working so much for a few days. So we are re-publishing some of our favorite or most-read items from 2009. This one originally appeared Nov. 12. Time was when American presidents in domestic trouble would travel abroad to be seen positively back home as ...
  1 week ago

• WTO rules against China - Unfairly restricting U.S. imports

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 572
  Shocks of all shocks the WTO ruled in the United States favor on China restricting U.S. imports, one of many, many unfair trade practices by China. The World Trade Organizations top arbitrators upheld a ruling that China is illegally restricting imports of U.S. music, films and books, and Washington pushed ...
  1 week ago

• Is Investment Depressed by an “Anti-Business” Climate?

  
  Jeff Frankels Weblog — Authority: 627
  The National Journal asks for reactions to a recent blog post by Greg Mankiw regarding the reasons why US investment has fallen sharply.  I agree with Greg that the dominant empirical fact about investment is its procyclical volatility (the main reason investment has been depressed for the last two years is ...
  1 week ago

• U.S. Trade with Peru

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 121
  When I published Five Short Blasts in 2007, the most recent trade data available was for 2006.  At that time, the U.S. enjoyed a small trade surplus in manufactured goods of about $1.1 billion with Peru.  But, overall, we had a trade deficit with Peru thanks to high imports of metals and minerals.  So, as I ...
  1 week ago

• Someone at WSJ gets "it"

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 572
   For us, this is old hat, but it was refreshing to see someone at the Wall Street Journal finally propose something sensible.  Below is a copy of said opinion piece by Nucors President.  Hes dead on about China and infrastructure.  I had attempted to post this earlier in the day but had problems.  So far so ...
  2 weeks ago

• Agriculture Walks the Tightrope in Copenhagen

  
  Green Fork Blog — Authority: 422
  A firsthand account from our friends at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy , who are in Copenhagen this week.  This post was written by Ben Lilliston and originally published on IATP’s blog, Think Progress . At the massive global climate meeting taking place this week in Copenhagen, agriculture ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. Trade with New Zealand

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 121
  I’ve resumed my slow slog through all of the U.S. trade data and just finished New Zealand.  New Zealand is a fairly small country, but a relatively wealthy, developed one.  With combined imports and exports of over $3 billion, I thought it was worth a look.  With a population density less than half that of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Trade Policy Stupidity on Parade

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 121
  http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BA3TN20091211 Friday we were treated to a rare display of trade policy stupidity from both sides of the aisle in Congress, with each party opting for different but equally flawed approaches.  As reported in the first Reuters article (link provided above), Senator Reid has sent ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Canada being blackmailed into accepting U.S. led copyright reform?

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 706
  In order to try and help the American economy there has been a practice in the U.S. of ‘Buy American’ and that has led into more than a few run-ins between American and Canadian bureaucrats. Canadian firms that normally would have had a good shot at securing many of the infrastructure contracts being put out by ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chinas Currency Conundrum Continues

  
  NDN blogs — Authority: 434
  Related Programs Other Related Programs:  A 21st Century Economic Strategy for America A Modern Approach to U.S. Trade Policy Globalization Initiative Martin Wolf ...
  3 weeks ago

• Obama’s Jobs Plan: Much Ado About Nothing

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 121
  http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/08/news/economy/Obama_TARP_jobs/ Following my post last week, in which I flow-charted the various options available to President Obama to help boost hiring by businesses, I looked forward to analyzing the actual plan.  Unfortunately, the “plan” he unveiled yesterday was so vague and ...
  3 weeks ago

• U.S. Playing Chicken with Credit Rating Agencies

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 121
  http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2009-12-08-moodys-warns-us-uk_N.htm As the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve desperately try to restore the economy to its debt-fueled status quo, relying on deficit spending and Fed balance sheet expansion to goose the economy, they are playing a game of chicken with ...
  3 weeks ago

• Copyright Capitulation - Solution to Canada/US Trade Issues?

  
  EXCESS COPYRIGHT — Authority: 486
  There was a very interesting international trade event on The Hill yesterday - very capably and even-handedly hosted by the Hon. Scott Brison, PC., M.P. Lots of MPs, Senators and trade policy types. Some very senior level speakers. Mr. Ignatieff was there listening and said a few words. The Right Honourable Joe ...
  3 weeks ago

• Midwestern Jobs, Egyptian Workers

  
  Main Street — Authority: 129
  This is my second post on my recent trip to Egypt with the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center. For more background, take a look at the first post.Over the last few years, I’ve been fortunate enough to talk to thousands of workers in Ohio about the need for decent jobs. One of the topics that I’ve discussed [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Obama: “How do we get businesses to start hiring again?”

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 121
  http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-12-03-obama-jobs-summit_N.htm President Obama kicked off the start of his jobs summit at the White House yesterday by challenging participants with the question, “How do we get businesses to start hiring again?”  What he is interested in, of course, is what the ...
  3 weeks ago

• My Presentation on Trade Policy in Beijing

  
  tomgpalmer.com — Authority: 430
  Held at the Unirule Institute on November 20: “ 自由贸易与公民社会对美国、中国和世界的冲击 “* *Translated, and not by me!
  3 weeks ago

• Is Trade Policy Obsolete?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 741
  That is one of the conclusions in my new paper, “ Made on Earth: How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete .” For hundreds of years, trade policy has been premised on the assumptions that exports are good, imports are bad, and the interests of domestic producers are tantamount to the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Thursday Links

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 741
  A few questions for Ben Bernanke : “Perhaps the most important question Bernanke should answer is: how will he re-build and maintain an independent Fed?” Before considering Bernanke’s role in containing the financial crisis, Congress should investigate the role of Fed policy in allowing the housing bubble to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Another Study Corroborates Link Between Population Density and Global Trade Imbalances

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 121
  Last week I reported on a study of global trade balances, using data published by the CIA in its World Fact Book , which showed a clear link between population density and the per capita balance of trade in manufactured goods.  The following is the final chart from that article which shows the correlation: ...
  4 weeks ago

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