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  • June 3, 2025
    Policy Analysis
    No. 996
    What Happens If the United States Leaves the WTO?
    What Happens If the United States Leaves the WTO?
    The organization needs reform but has greatly benefited the United States and the world; abandoning it would be a costly economic and geopolitical mistake.
    By James Bacchus
  • November 26, 2024
    Policy Analysis
    No. 985
    Digital Trade Brings the World to Your Fingertips
    Digital Trade Brings the World to Your Fingertips
    In a world beset by increasingly pessimistic news, digital trade provides an important feel-good story about the value of free enterprise.
    By Gabriella Beaumont-Smith
  • June 6, 2023
    Policy Analysis
    No. 948
    The High Price of Buying American
    The High Price of Buying American
    The high price to the American people from buying American is ignored in the vast array of subsidies included in the recent Inflation Reduction Act.
    By James Bacchus
  • May 25, 2023
    Policy Analysis
    No. 947
    The Future of the WTO
    The Future of the WTO
    WTO members should not abandon their aim of liberalizing trade on a multilateral basis. But they should consider addressing the most pressing world trade issues through plurilateral agreements.
    By James Bacchus
  • May 9, 2023
    Policy Analysis
    No. 946
    Course Correction
    Course Correction
    The U.S.-China relationship is increasingly complex and is the top geopolitical issue facing the world today.
    By Clark Packard and Scott Lincicome
  • April 25, 2023
    Policy Analysis
    No. 944
    Balance of Trade, Balance of Power
    Balance of Trade, Balance of Power
    The U.S. trade deficit is a misunderstood symbol of U.S. economic strength and influence in the world.
    By Daniel Griswold and Andreas Freytag
  • November 9, 2022
    Policy Analysis
    No. 936
    The Black Hole of National Security
    The Black Hole of National Security
    After decades of disuse, costly “national security” trade restrictions have proliferated, aided largely by a troublesome loophole in global trade rules.
    By James Bacchus
  • August 16, 2022
    Policy Analysis
    No. 933
    The Self-Imposed Blockade
    The Self-Imposed Blockade
    A proper accounting of the costs and benefits of these laws produces a complicated picture that calls their wisdom into question.
    By Colin Grabow
  • April 19, 2022
    Policy Analysis
    No. 925
    The (Updated) Case for Free Trade
    The (Updated) Case for Free Trade
    Free trade continues to have strong economic, geopolitical, and moral justifications, and its protectionist alternative imposes far higher costs while making us all poorer and less secure in the process.
    By Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon
  • June 30, 2021
    Policy Analysis
    No. 918
    Trade Is Good for Your Health
    Trade Is Good for Your Health
    Although international trade has always been important to ensuring health and combating communicable diseases, it has become even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    By James Bacchus
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