Gibson Guitar: Settling Away Bad Publicity
It’s another August in Washington. It’s hot and humid. Most people not already at the beach are indoors watching the Olympics or in the water… Read More
Trading Up to Create Better Jobs
According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, creating good jobs should be the number one priority for the next President. One of the best ways… Read More
Time to Safeguard Ourselves from Rising Protectionism
Last week, Pascal Lamy, chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO), gave a stark warning that rising protectionism is a serious threat to global economic… Read More
The Sweet Fruits of Free Trade
After years of delays and renegotiations, a free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea (KORUS) finally took effect four months ago. Some… Read More
Keeping an Eye on the Other Leadership Race—in China
The impending convening of the 2012 Beidaihe conference in China is a meeting of global significance. China is now the world’s second-largest economy and has… Read More
Russia and the World Trade Organization: Congress Should Not Sacrifice Human Rights
Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012, by voice vote with only one… Read More
Morning Bell: Let’s Be Honest About Outsourcing
Both candidates in the presidential race have been accusing the other of “outsourcing.” It’s one of those words that is loaded with negative meaning, implying… Read More
News
The U.N. Speaks: The Arms Trade Treaty Will Affect “Legally Owned Weapons”
Yesterday, the U.N. released its press kit for the July conference that will finalize the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The most interesting item in… Read More
How Trade Agreements Can Promote U.S. Constitutional Values
The United States is currently engaged in a trade negotiation known as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) with eight other Pacific Rim countries. Public Citizen… Read More
Trade Protectionism Is Clogging the World’s Economic Arteries
In its latest joint report with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade… Read More
Is the Trade Deficit a Drag on the U.S. Economy?
Popular opinion demonizes the U.S. for importing more goods than it exports, or running a “trade deficit.” This view maintains that the trade deficit is… Read More
A New Trend on Trade in North Carolina
North Carolinians, like many Americans, are concerned that opening the door to foreign companies will result in the loss of jobs, hurting the economic livelihood… Read More
China Not Yet Rebalancing
China has the world’s second-largest GDP, the world’s largest monetary base, and the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves. Its large internal and external economic imbalances… Read More
Chart of the Week: Crony Capitalism Leads to Higher Sugar Prices
Sugar producers contribute only a small percentage of value to overall U.S. crop production, yet the industry continues to reap the rewards from government thanks… Read More
Trade Deficit Increases. . . or Does It?
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) just announced that the country’s current account deficit for 2011 was $473.4 billion. This number includes transactions like… Read More
KORUS FTA—Finally!
March 15 marked the official start of the landmark Korea–U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Yes, it’s been a long journey. Almost six years ago,… Read More
Politics and a New Trade Bureaucracy
President Obama just announced plans to borrow millions of dollars from countries likeChinato create a new federal bureaucracy tasked with policing the trade practices of… Read More
Some Truths About Trade
In 2004, the yuan ended the year 8.28 to the dollar. In 2011, it ended the year 6.31 to the dollar, a 24-percent rise. In… Read More
Morning Bell: So, You Think You’re Free?
So you think you’re free? Thanks to big government spending and exploding debt, the United States — and indeed the world — is less economically… Read More
PODCAST: How Economically Free is America?
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, Heritage’s Kim Holmes, co-author of the annual Index of Economic Freedom, discusses this year’s index. Click here to listen…. Read More
President Obama’s Year-End Trade Policy Blunder
President Obama concluded 2011 by accomplishing the remarkable feat of making the United States look worse than Communist China when it comes to promoting global… Read More
Freedom Is the Cure for U.S. Economic Woes
President Obama recently lectured Americans on economics during a campaign stop in Osawatomie, Kansas. The New York Times congratulated President Obama’s speech as a potent… Read More
Huntsman Visit and a U.S.-Taiwan FTA
Former Governor Jon Huntsman (R–UT) was at The Heritage Foundation this week answering policy questions. In his talk, he emphasized budget discipline, tax reform, and… Read More
Labor Department May Sink Another $14 Million into Solyndra
Taxpayers will likely shell out another $14.3 million in federal aid to the 1,100 people formerly employed by defunct solar company Solyndra. The Labor Department… Read More
Strong National Security–the Prerequisite for Peaceful Commerce
The slogan “War breeds war. Peace breeds prosperity” has become a favorite idea of the anti-war faction on the right. Unlike their anti-war allies on… Read More
Trade Policies from Down Under: A Good Example for the United States
With the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of trade talks at a standstill, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is taking action by giving poor nations… Read More
Don’t Do Business With Poor People? New York Times Readers Disagree
A recent New York Times online report suggested that Americans should quit buying products made by poor people—because when people in the United States buy… Read More
Freer Trade, Greater Prosperity
Some critics of free trade say that trade agreements just help the “rich” get richer while making the “poor” poorer, but in fact, free trade… Read More
In Pictures: What Are the Benefits of Free Trade?
Now that Congress has passed free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and South Korea, it’s a good time to ask why the United States should… Read More
Morning Bell: Free Trade Agreements Are A Win for Prosperity
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have economically benefited nations the world over since their inception. Poverty rates in countries with low trade barriers are significantly lower,… Read More
