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  • 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
  • October 9, 2024
    Briefing Paper
    No. 179
    Presidential Tariff Powers and the Need for Reform
    Presidential Tariff Powers and the Need for Reform
    Congress has broadly delegated its constitutional tariff powers to the president, and there is a real risk that the legislative and judicial branches would be unwilling or unable to check a future president’s abuse of US trade law as currently written.
    By Clark Packard and Scott Lincicome
  • October 8, 2024
    White Paper
    Cato Handbook on Executive Orders and Presidential Directives
    Cato Handbook on Executive Orders and Presidential Directives
    Executive orders and other presidential directives that conflict with the principles of individual liberty, free markets, limited government, peace, and the American Constitution should be revoked or amended by the next president.
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • September 24, 2024
    Visual Feature
    Globalization, Unfolded
    Globalization, Unfolded
    We worked with a multinational t-shirt manufacturer to show how modern global supply chains work and how things made abroad still support many American jobs.
    By Scott Lincicome
  • September 11, 2024
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 400
    The Golden Revolving Door
    The Golden Revolving Door
    Our research focuses on the US-China trade war that began in 2018 and explores how all firms importing from China responded to the imposition of import tariffs.
    By Ling Cen, Jing Wu, Fan Zhang, & Lauren Cohen
  • July 31, 2024
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 394
    When Protectionism Kills Talent
    When Protectionism Kills Talent
    Our research focuses on the impact of these tariffs on domestic labor markets within the US semiconductor (chip) industry
    By Mehmet Canayaz, Isil Erel, and Umit G. Gurun
  • April 24, 2024
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 380
    The Effect of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico
    The Effect of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico
    The economic burden of higher domestic trade costs falls disproportionately on residents of US islands.
    By Russell Hillberry and Manuel I. Jimenez
  • December 13, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 362
    Did the 2018 Trade War Improve Job Opportunities for US Workers?
    Did the 2018 Trade War Improve Job Opportunities for US Workers?
    Our research studies how the trade war affected the posting of online job advertisements during the immediate aftermath of the tariff hikes in 2018.
    By Beata Javorcik, Katherine Stapleton, Benjamin Kett, & Layla O’Kane
  • December 6, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    Is the Global Economy Deglobalizing? And If So, Why? And What Is Next?
    Is the Global Economy Deglobalizing? And If So, Why? And What Is Next?
    Our research critically assesses existing evidence regarding the deglobalization hypothesis, analyzes the causes of a potential deglobalization trend, and speculates about the consequences of potential deglobalization.
    By Pinelopi Goldberg and Tristan Reed
  • June 7, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 335
    The Regressive Nature of the U.S. Tariff Code: Origins and Implications
    The Regressive Nature of the U.S. Tariff Code: Origins and Implications
    Our findings are emblematic of a more fundamental feature of U.S. tariff policy: tariffs set to meet policy objectives of the past have persisted through vast changes in the economic landscape and, despite their historical origins, are still affecting consumers today.
    By Lydia Cox
  • 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
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