by Dave Johnson | Sep 22, 2009 | Blog, Economy
I am flying to Pittsburgh tomorrow and will be blogging here Thursday and Friday from the G-20 summit. The G-20 is a meeting of the Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of "systemically important industrialized and developing economies...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 18, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
“Protectionism” is a very powerful word. In fact, simply evoking the word is capable of ending debate on any subject related to trade. Invoking the magic words, “You can’t do that, it would be protectionist,” settles all arguments. Why, exactly, is protectionism so...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog
President Obama has decided to enforce our trade laws and imposed a 3-year tariff on Chinese tires. I suspect the country is about to witness a corporate hissy fit that will surely rival any righteous teabagger’s demands to see the President’s birth certificate. Here...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 12, 2009 | Blog
President Obama signaled a new direction in America's trade policies by deciding to enforce the ITC's recommendation to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports. NY Times: U.S. Adds Punitive Tariffs on Chinese Tires In a break with the trade policies of his predecessor,...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 11, 2009 | Blog
Clyde Prestowitz op-ed in the Financial Times, Obama can help free trade with tariffs: Not to accept the tariff recommendation would be a severe blow to open trade and globalisation as well as to America’s future economic health. Prestowitz argues a tariff would be...
