James M. Roberts is the research fellow in freedom and growth at The Heritage Foundation's Center for International Trade and Economics. Roberts' primary responsibility is to produce the Index of Economic Freedom, an influential annual analysis of the economic climate of countries throughout the world.
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In an op-ed for CNBC, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., urge Congress to approve a bill that would rebrand and double the… Read More
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Conservative groups in Brazil are protesting against Facebook after it banned 196 pages and 87 individual profiles, many of them on the right side of… Read More
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On June 26, The Heritage Foundation will hold an event on “Prospects for Reform of U.S. Foreign Aid,” where leading conservative economic development experts, including… Read More
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President Donald Trump has already shaken up this weekend’s G-7 meeting in Canada by threatening to impose tariffs on other G-7 countries. Although picking a… Read More
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The Group of Seven was created during the Cold War by the United States so that the leading market-based Western democracies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy,… Read More
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a markup for May 9 for H.R. 5105, the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of… Read More
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The Trump administration wants to consolidate existing U.S. government development finance agencies to replace the outdated Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). In that vein, members… Read More
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A trade war with China would inflict far more damage on the American economy than could be recouped from tariffs and other protectionist levies. That’s… Read More
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Brazil’s performance in the 2018 edition of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom confirms yet again that South America’s biggest country remains burdened by too… Read More
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President Donald Trump has certainly ramped up the protectionist rhetoric in recent weeks. Last month in Montreal, Trump’s trade adviser, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, renewed the… Read More
